How Do You Convert PowerPoint to PDF?
You convert PowerPoint to PDF by adding your PPTX or PPT file to QuickCatPDF's PowerPoint to PDF converter, choosing how many slides go on each page, and clicking Convert to PDF. Each slide becomes a page with its text, images, shapes and charts in place, and the text stays selectable.
The converter is free, with no sign-up and no watermark. It also takes PPSX and PPS slide shows, PPTM and POTX files, and ODP and Keynote presentations.
How to Convert PPT to PDF With QuickCatPDF
Turning slides into a PDF takes four steps.
- Click Select PowerPoint files or drop your presentations on the page.
- Choose Slides per page and whether to include hidden slides or notes pages.
- For several files, choose Separate PDFs or One combined PDF.
- Click Convert to PDF, then download each PDF, the ZIP or the combined PDF.
Why Use QuickCatPDF to Convert Presentations?
QuickCatPDF gives you handouts and notes in the same step. Besides one slide per page, you can put 2, 4 or 6 slides on each A4 page for printing, add your speaker notes as extra pages, and decide whether hidden slides belong in the PDF.
The slides are laid out by LibreOffice on our own server, so text boxes, tables, charts and images keep their positions. In our test, a four-slide deck with one hidden slide converted in about 2 seconds; the PDF had three pages, because hidden slides are left out unless you tick Include hidden slides.
Your presentation is sent over HTTPS and deleted when conversion ends; the PDF is deleted right after your browser downloads it.
What Are Slides Per Page Good For?
Several slides per page turn a deck into a compact handout. Two per page leaves room for reading on paper, four per page uses landscape A4 for a balanced grid, and six per page is the most economical way to print a long deck.
| Slides per page | Page layout | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | One slide per page, slide size | Sharing on screen, projecting |
| 2 | A4 portrait, slides stacked | Handouts people will read |
| 4 | A4 landscape, 2 × 2 grid | Review copies |
| 6 | A4 portrait, 2 × 3 grid | Printing long decks cheaply |
The slides are placed in your browser after conversion, each with a thin frame, and stay sharp because they are copied as vector pages, not pictures.
Can You Include Speaker Notes?
Yes. Tick Add speaker notes pages and the PDF gets a notes page for each slide after the slides themselves, showing the slide with your notes below it. That's handy for rehearsing a talk or handing a presenter's copy to a colleague.
In our test, a deck with notes on every slide produced the slides followed by a notes page per slide, and the notes text was searchable in the PDF.
What Doesn't Carry Over to the PDF?
A PDF is a set of still pages, so animations, transitions, video and audio don't carry over. Each slide appears in its final state, with every animated item visible.
Embedded fonts in the presentation are used; otherwise common fonts such as Calibri and Arial are replaced by metric-compatible versions with the same spacing. A rare font can be swapped for a similar one, which may shift a line. Password-protected presentations need the password removed in PowerPoint first.
Frequently asked questions
Is PowerPoint to PDF free?
Yes, it's free, with no sign-up and no watermark, for up to 10 files of 50 MB each at a time.
Can I convert PPSX and PPS slide shows?
Yes, slide shows convert exactly like PPTX and PPT files. So do PPTM files, without running their macros.
Are my slides uploaded?
Yes, presentations are converted on our own server, because slide layout needs full office software. They're sent over HTTPS, never opened by people, and deleted automatically, at the latest within 1 hour.
Can I turn the PDF into images?
Yes, PDF to Image saves each page as a JPG or PNG, which is useful for posting slides online.
What about Keynote and Google Slides?
Keynote files convert with the iWork to PDF tool or here. For Google Slides, download the deck as PPTX first, then add it. Documents and spreadsheets go to Word to PDF and Excel to PDF.
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