This tutorial shows how to convert PDFs to PowerPoint slides in Adobe Acrobat.
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Hello, my name is Erin.
I’m a technical writer and editor who shares step-by step software tutorials and writing tips for the real world on this channel
and on my blog at erinwrightwriting.com.
Today’s tutorial shows how to convert PDFs to PowerPoint slides using Adobe Acrobat.
I’ll be using Adobe Acrobat DC.
These steps will also work in Adobe Acrobat 2020 and Adobe Acrobat 2017.
In addition, the steps are the same for a PC and Mac.
Adobe’s free PDF display software, Acrobat Reader, doesn’t provide a way to convert PDFs to PowerPoint.
Before we begin, please note that the PDF shown here features pages in landscape orientation.
I have chosen to use landscape orientation because PowerPoint slides are typically presented in landscape.
For information about rotating your PDF pages to landscape, please see my other tutorial
“How to Change Page Orientation in Adobe Acrobat.”
To begin, select the Tools tab.
Then, select Export PDF in the Tools Center.
Next, select Microsoft PowerPoint in the "Export your PDF to any format" screen.
From here, you can also select the settings icon for additional options.
If you choose to do that, the Save As PowerPoint Settings dialog box will appear
where you can choose the Include Comments option, which includes the existing comments and markups in your PDF.
Acrobat’s comments and markups don't always convert effectively to the PowerPoint format,
so consider unchecking or not checking this option.
The Recognize text if needed option uses Optical Character Recognition technology
to convert non-editable text, such as text in an image, to editable text.
Strongly consider leaving this option checked.
Although, it should be checked by default.
If you need to change the recognized language to something other than your default language,
select the Set Language button.
When you’re finished with these options, select the OK button.
And then select the Export button.
When the Save As dialog box appears, uncheck Open file after export if you don’t want the PowerPoint file
to open in Microsoft PowerPoint after the export process is complete.
Note that it will only open in PowerPoint if you have that software installed on your computer.
Next, select the location where you want to save your PowerPoint file.
The Save As dialog box will close automatically after you make your selection.
A second Save As dialog box will appear where you can customize the file name.
When you’re finished, select the Save button.
If the “Open file after export” option was checked in the first Save As dialog box, your new slides should open in PowerPoint.
The conversion process may have changed some of the original PDF formatting,
so you may have to adjust the appearance of individual slides within PowerPoint.
I have created many other videos about Adobe Acrobat
including “How to Combine Files into One PDF in Adobe Acrobat”
and “How to Use the Comment and Markup Tools in Adobe Acrobat.”
Please see the complete list in the playlist titled “How to Use Adobe Acrobat,”
which is linked in the description box below.
The companion blog post for this video showing all the steps we just performed appears on
erinwrightwriting.com, which is also linked below.
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