Turn a PDF into a PowerPoint presentation: each page becomes a slide, with editable text and the images, shapes and colors in place. Image mode gives a result identical to the PDF.
How it works
- Select the PDF to convert.
- Choose “Editable” or “Image” mode.
- Click “Convert to PowerPoint” and download the .pptx file.
Frequently asked questions
What’s the difference between the two modes?
“Editable” recreates the text as PowerPoint text boxes and keeps the images, shapes and colors in the background. “Image” places each page as an image: identical result, but the text isn’t editable.
Is the slide format preserved?
Yes, the slides have the same proportions as the PDF’s pages.
Can I convert a scanned PDF?
Yes, in “Image” mode. To get editable text, first run the PDF through the “OCR PDF” tool, then convert the result in “Editable” mode.
Are text colors kept?
The colors of images, shapes and backgrounds are kept. Editable text, however, comes out in dark gray: just recolor it in PowerPoint if needed. “Image” mode keeps all colors exactly as they are.
Does the file open in Google Slides or Keynote?
Yes. The file is in standard .pptx format: upload it to Google Drive to open it with Google Slides, or open it directly in Keynote or LibreOffice Impress.
My PDF is password-protected. What can I do?
First remove the protection with the “Unlock PDF” tool if you know the password, then start the conversion.
Is it free and confidential?
Yes, free and with no sign-up. The file is converted in your browser, without being uploaded.
Two conversion modes
Before starting the conversion, choose between two modes:
- “Editable”: the text becomes PowerPoint text boxes, with its size, bold and italics, while the page’s images, shapes and colors are kept in the background. You can fix a figure, a heading or a sentence directly in PowerPoint.
- “Image”: each page becomes an image that fills the whole slide. The result is identical to the PDF, but the text isn’t editable.
In both cases, the slides take on the proportions of the PDF’s pages: a landscape document gives wide slides, an A4 document gives tall slides.
When should you convert a PDF to PowerPoint?
- Rework a presentation you received as a PDF when you don’t have the original file.
- Update the figures or dates in a deck before a meeting.
- Project a PDF document page by page as a slideshow.
- Reuse a few slides from an old deck in a new presentation.
The .pptx file opens in Microsoft PowerPoint, Keynote, LibreOffice Impress, or Google Slides after you upload it to Google Drive.
Limitations to know
In “Editable” mode, each line of text becomes its own text box, placed in the same spot as in the PDF: columns and aligned amounts stay in place, but a paragraph isn’t grouped into a single block. Text comes out in dark gray, whatever its original color, in a similar standard font (Arial, Times New Roman or Courier New).
A scanned PDF contains no text: PDFRoll then suggests “Image” mode. To get editable text, run the document through “OCR PDF” first. Conversion happens in your browser, without uploading the file.
Related tools
To go the other way, use “PowerPoint to PDF”. If you mainly want to reuse the text of a long document, “PDF to Word” gives you paragraphs that are easier to edit. And for a single page to insert as an illustration, “PDF to JPG” is all you need.