Convert a PowerPoint to PDF

Overview

This article will show you how to convert a PowerPoint into a PDF. PDFs will perserve the layout of the page, which makes saving and sharing documents as PDFs good practice.

Steps

Converting a PowerPoint to PDF is different depending on what version of PowerPoint is being used. On new versions (2016 and Microsoft 365), users can select File > Save as Adobe PDF (if Adobe Reader is installed). 

1. In Microsoft PowerPoint, click File > Save As. File is located in the upper-left of the software.
   
2. Choose a location to save your PDF. This process is the same as it is when saving the PowerPoint. In this example, I'll select Desktop.
   
3. Use the drop-down arrow and choose PDF (*.pdf).
4. Click "Options..."
5. Within the Options box, select Slides per page, Handouts, etc. Make your choices and click OK
   
6. Click Save
   

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