The PDF format provides the opportunity to demonstrate the appearance of the source document without any restrictions on the part of the operating system or version of the installed software. This article is about how to translate a presentation into PDF PowerPoint.
Create a PDF from a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
By default, this version of the program does not support PDF as a format for saving files. Therefore, Microsoft has released a patch that adds this feature. You can download it from the official site.
To add an add-in to the Microsoft Office software package, just run the downloaded file and wait for a message about the successful completion of the installation.
There are 2 ways to save a presentation to PDF in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007: fast and standard. In the first case, the sequence of actions is as follows:
- Open the finished file or save all the changes in the current one.
- Press F12.
- In the new window, using the address bar and folder viewing area, specify the location where the new file will be saved.
- At the bottom of the same window, select the PDF line from the "File Type" drop-down list.
- Click "Save."
The standard method is reduced to the following algorithm:
- Perform step number 1 of the previous method.
- Press the "Office" button and move the cursor to "Save As".
- In the menu that appears, select "PDF or XPS".
- Follow steps 3, 4 and 5 of the previous algorithm.
On this, the method of how to convert the presentation to PDF PowerPoint is completed.
Create a PDF from a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, 2013, 2016
In these versions of the program, the function of converting the PPT format (.ppt and .pptx) to PDF is built-in initially. There are 2 ways to create a PDF file from a presentation. The first completely repeats the method for Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 with the exception of one difference - instead of the "Office" button, the "File" button is used.
The second method boils down to the following sequence of actions:
- Call the main menu by clicking on the "File" button.
- Select "Save and Share" in it.
- In the new list, click on the line "Create PDF / XPS document".
- In the next block, click on the "Create PDF / XPS" button.
- Perform steps nos. 3, 4 and 5 of the first method.
Convert PDF to PPT and vice versa using online converters
There is no tool in the presentation editor to convert a PDF file to PowerPoint, as is sometimes required. The solution to this problem is to use one of the many free online services that allows you to convert PDF to any format supported by Microsoft Office. The most convenient converters for use:
- PDFtoPPT.com;
- Online-convert.com;
- PDF2Go.com.
Each of them is completely free and has no restrictions on the number of conversions.
Note. After reverse conversion (PDF to PowerPoint), you cannot format or edit existing text and images in a presentation.
Summing up, we can say that making a PDF document from a PowerPoint presentation file is quite easy, but for this you need a version of the program that supports this feature or quick access to the Web.