PPT to PDF
Old .ppt presentations from PowerPoint 97–2003 still turn up in course archives, shared drives and email threads. Convert them to PDF here so anyone can open and print them, one slide per page.
Convert to PDF
or drop DOC, DOCX, DOCM … files here ·
Max 95 MB per file· Up to 20 files· Deleted after 30 minutes
Files are processed on our servers and deleted after 30 minutes.
Convert the whole document or only some pages, slides or sheets.
Pages or slides to keep, e.g. 1-3, 5, 8-10. Numbers refer to the original document.
Source margins keep the document's own layout. Narrow is 12.7 mm, normal 25.4 mm, wide 50.8 mm left and right.
Excel, ODS and Numbers files: convert every sheet, or only the one that was open when the file was saved.
JPEG quality for photos inside the document. 90 looks identical to the source; lower it to make the PDF smaller.
Leave empty for no password. If set, the PDF asks for it before opening. Not available with PDF/A.
How to use this tool
- 1
Add the .ppt files
Drag the presentations in or pick them from your device. A batch holds 20 files, each up to 95 MB; .pps slide shows are accepted as well.
- 2
Choose slides and notes
All slides are converted by default. Under Advanced settings pick Page range to keep, say, slides 1-12, or tick Include speaker notes to print the notes under each slide.
- 3
Convert to PDF
Press Convert to PDF and download the files one by one or as a ZIP. Everything you uploaded is deleted after 30 minutes.
Change PPT to PDF when the deck is older than your software
The .ppt extension belongs to the binary format PowerPoint used from PowerPoint 97 through PowerPoint 2003. PowerPoint 2007 replaced it with the XML-based .pptx, and current versions open a .ppt in Compatibility Mode, a reminder that some features of the file are being emulated. Most of the time that works, but lecture decks and training material that have been copied between computers for fifteen years carry fonts nobody has installed anymore, linked images whose paths point to a drive that no longer exists, and slide masters built for 4:3 projectors.
Converting the deck to PDF ends those problems for the people who receive it. They no longer need PowerPoint, Keynote or LibreOffice; any browser, phone or e-reader shows the slides as pages. Teachers upload them to a learning platform, trainers attach them to a calendar invite, and archivists file them next to the meeting minutes. The original .ppt stays on your computer as the editable source.
The conversion keeps the slide size that is stored in the file. A 4:3 deck becomes 4:3 pages, a widescreen deck becomes widescreen pages. Leave Orientation on Same as source; forcing portrait would shrink each slide into the middle of a tall page.
What one batch of slides can hold
- presentations per batch
- 20
- per .ppt file
- 95 MB
- per slide, notes optional
- 1 page
- before uploads are deleted
- 30 min
PPT
Microsoft PowerPoint 97–2003 presentation
PPT is the binary presentation format used by PowerPoint from PowerPoint 97 until PPTX replaced it in 2007. It stores slides, images, notes and animations in a proprietary structure, and files tend to be larger than PPTX. Newer PowerPoint features cannot be saved in it. PowerPoint, LibreOffice and Google Slides still open PPT files.
- Compression
- –
- Transparency
- –
- Animation
- Yes
- Introduced
- 1997 · Microsoft
Portable Document Format
PDF was created by Adobe in 1993 and became the open ISO 32000 standard in 2008. It fixes text, fonts, images and layout so a document looks the same on every screen and printer. PDFs can contain forms, signatures, links, attachments and searchable text, and the PDF/A variant is used for long-term archiving. The fixed layout makes PDFs hard to edit, and scanned PDFs contain only images unless OCR is applied. Every browser and operating system can open them.
- Compression
- –
- Transparency
- Yes
- Animation
- No
- Introduced
- 1993 · Adobe
A .ppt deck from the PowerPoint 97–2003 era opens in Compatibility Mode, can show shifted fonts and is blocked by many learning platforms, while a PDF of the same slides opens in any browser.
Sharing slides as PDF: what to do and what to skip
| Do | Don't |
|---|---|
| Check the last slide of the PDF for a font that fell back to a default, then fix it in the source if it matters. | Rely on click-by-click animations to tell a story; the PDF shows only the final state. |
| Use Page range to drop backup slides or the hidden appendix before sharing with a client. | Expect embedded videos or audio narration to play. |
| Tick Include speaker notes for students who missed the lecture. | Force A4 portrait for slides; the content shrinks to a strip in the middle. |
| Merge several converted decks into one course pack with Merge PDF. | Send a PDF as the only copy if anyone will need to edit the slides later. |
PPT to PDF questions
How do I change PPT to PDF on a computer without PowerPoint?
Upload the .ppt on this page and press Convert to PDF. The file is read on our server, so you do not need PowerPoint, a viewer or a plug-in, and it works the same from Windows, macOS, ChromeOS or a phone browser.
Do animations and transitions survive?
No. A PDF page is static, so every slide is captured in its final state, with all animated objects visible. If a slide builds up a diagram in six clicks, the PDF shows the finished diagram.
What happens to embedded videos and sound?
Media cannot play inside the PDF. The slide keeps the poster frame of a video, which is usually its first frame. Send the video separately or link to it from the slide text before converting.
Can I print three slides per page with lines for notes?
That handout layout belongs to PowerPoint's own print dialog. Here each slide becomes one page; tick Include speaker notes if the audience needs your notes under every slide, then use your printer's pages-per-sheet setting for a compact handout.
Should I upgrade the .ppt to .pptx instead?
Only if you plan to keep editing it. A PPT to PPTX conversion gives you a modern file you can open without Compatibility Mode; a PDF is the right choice when the deck is finished and just needs to be shared or printed.
The PDF is too large for the course portal. What now?
Lower Image quality to 60 or 70 before converting, because photos are almost always the bulk of a slide deck. If the result is still too big, run it through Compress PDF with a target size.