Why use SnapFetch
- Preserves slide layout, images, and formatting
- Works with both .ppt and .pptx files
- No account needed, and the file is gone from our servers within the hour
How it works
- 1
Choose or drag in a .ppt or .pptx file
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We convert it to PDF, one page per slide
- 3
Download your PDF
- 4
Files are deleted from our servers after 1 hour
When to use PowerPoint to PDF
The standard way to share a deck as a handout or send it to someone without PowerPoint. Each slide becomes one page and looks the same on any device. Animations and transitions do not survive - a PDF page is static - so a deck built around builds will read differently. Speaker notes are not included either.
Specifications & limits
- Accepted input
- PPT and PPTX
- Page mapping
- One page per slide, at the deck's slide size
- Not carried over
- Animations, transitions and speaker notes
- Conversion engine
- LibreOffice
- Maximum file size
- 20 MB per upload
- File retention
- Deleted from our servers 1 hour after upload
Troubleshooting
Animated builds all appear at once
Expected. A PDF page is static, so every element on a slide renders in its final state.
Embedded video is a still image
PDF cannot hold playable video. The poster frame is rendered in its place.
The upload is rejected before anything happens
The file is over the 20 MB cap. Compress it first, or split a long PDF into smaller files and process them separately.
References
The published specification for the formats involved, and the open-source software that actually performs this conversion.
- LibreOffice
The office suite that performs our Office and OpenDocument conversions.
Frequently asked questions
No - the PDF captures the slide content itself, not the notes pane.