Convert PPT to PDF
To convert an old .ppt file to PDF, drop it into the converter above and click Convert to PDF; the finished PDF downloads when it is ready. The .ppt is the legacy binary PowerPoint format from Office 97 through 2003, and the LibreOffice engine on our server renders it reliably. Because office layout engines cannot run in a browser, the file is sent over an encrypted connection, rendered, and then deleted. The result is a static PDF of your slides, one slide per page, that anyone can open without PowerPoint.
Encrypted upload on an EU server, deleted within about an hour.
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It becomes a PDF right in your browser, up to 50 MB
Limits, published exactly
| Where it runs | On our server, over an encrypted connection; deleted within about an hour. |
|---|---|
| Free conversions | 2 per day without an account, 5 per day with a free account. |
| Max file size, free | 50 MB |
Why convert PPT to PDF?
A .ppt is the old binary PowerPoint format, and the decks still in it are usually ones from an archive or an old attachment that you need to read or pass on rather than edit. Modern PowerPoint and online viewers open them inconsistently, sometimes shifting layouts or warning the format is dated. Rendering the deck to PDF makes it portable and permanent: each slide as a page anyone can open on any device, nothing to install, the layout fixed and safe from accidental edits, and no dependence on the version of PowerPoint that made it.
What is PPT?
PPT is the binary PowerPoint format from before Office 2007, sibling of DOC and XLS in the old OLE container family. Conference archives and corporate fileservers are full of .ppt decks that modern PowerPoint opens with warnings and other tools open badly or not at all. Converting a deck to PDF preserves the slides as rendered, which is usually all anyone still needs from it.
What is PDF?
PDF (Portable Document Format) is the 1993 Adobe format that froze documents into a fixed, device-independent layout, and it has since become the legal and professional standard for anything that must look the same everywhere: contracts, invoices, forms, papers. A PDF can contain vector text, images, fonts and annotations. Editing one is famously awkward, which is exactly the point; it is a final-form format.
Quality and what to expect
Each slide becomes one PDF page, and the slide text, layouts, tables and images come through, with LibreOffice handling the legacy .ppt format dependably. The honest limits are the same as any deck to PDF, because a PDF is a document and not a slideshow: animations, slide transitions, embedded video or audio, and presenter notes do not carry into the PDF, and a font the server does not have is swapped for a close match. Old embedded objects are worth a glance after converting. On privacy, this is a server conversion: the upload is encrypted, the input is deleted immediately after conversion and the output PDF within about an hour, and the dropzone marks it a server conversion before you start.
PPT to PDF FAQ
What is the difference between .ppt and .pptx?
.ppt is the older binary PowerPoint format from Office 97 to 2003; .pptx is the newer XML-based format from Office 2007 onward. This converter is for the legacy .ppt files. If your file ends in .pptx, use the PowerPoint (PPTX) to PDF converter instead.
Do my animations and transitions carry over?
No. A PDF is a static document, not a slideshow, so animations, transitions and any embedded video or audio are not included. What you get is each slide as it looks at rest, one slide per page.
Will my presenter notes be in the PDF?
No. The conversion renders the slides themselves, not the notes pane. If you need the notes, export a notes-pages PDF from PowerPoint directly.
Is my presentation uploaded to a server?
Yes, this one has to be: rendering office documents cannot run in a browser. The .ppt uploads over an encrypted connection, converts, and is deleted: the input immediately after conversion, the PDF within about an hour. The dropzone labels it a server conversion before you start.