Convert from PowerPoint to Google Slides – Here’s how

Powerpoint from Microsoft Office is the most widely used tool in the world for creating presentations of all kinds. But Office does cost money, although there are of course free alternatives, on the web or for the phone.

Another option for creating or editing presentations is Google Slides, a free tool included with Google Drive. However, it does not use exactly the same format as Microsoft Office. Powerpoint saves its files in pptx format. , which presentations can handle as well, but can also save to other formats.

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You can upload a PowerPoint presentation to Google, but it will differ slightly from the original presentation. For example, unsupported fonts, animations, smart graphs, and more will be converted to the Google equivalent, or in some cases won’t work at all. If the presentation is reopened in PowerPoint afterwards, it may differ slightly from the original presentation.

With that, here we show you two ways to convert from PowerPoint to Google Slides. The difference between the two is that the first preserves the pptx format, while the second converts the format.

1. Method One: Download …

Log in to your Google account and go to Google Drive. Click the button new and choose download file. Browse your local pptxfile and upload it.

2. … and the present

Then you can open your file as usual. The conversion takes some time and then you can manage it in your presentations. pptx file format is preserved.

3. Method 2. Download …

Log in to your Google account and open Presentations. Create a new, blank presentation and select to open in a fileexisting. Switch to tab Download and download your local presentation.

4. … and the present

Your presentation opens directly in Slides, where you can manage it as usual. The file is in Google’s own format and to save it in a different way, select Download in the file list.