Extract from PowerPoint
Pull the original pictures, text or speaker notes out of a .pptx
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Take out the pictures, text or speaker notes, in your browser
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About Extract from PowerPoint
Pulls the contents out of a PowerPoint presentation (.pptx) without opening PowerPoint. Pictures come out as the original files, exactly as they were added to the deck, with no re-compression. Text comes out slide by slide as plain text or Markdown, including table cells. Speaker notes come out as a text file or a Word document, one heading per slide.
Pictures used only by the slide design (a logo or background pattern in the template) are listed separately and left out unless you tick the box. Text inside charts, SmartArt and pictures is not read. Hidden slides are skipped unless you tick the box. A picture used on several slides is saved once, named after the first slide that shows it. Old .ppt files: open them in PowerPoint and save as .pptx first.
- Are the extracted pictures the originals?
- Yes. They are copied byte for byte from inside the .pptx, so nothing is re-compressed and the quality is exactly what was put into the deck. One thing to know: if a picture was cropped or recoloured on the slide in PowerPoint, the file stored in the deck is still the full, unchanged picture, and that is what you get.
- What does “in the design only” mean?
- Some pictures, such as a logo or a background pattern, belong to the slide layouts or the master and not to any single slide. They are listed separately and left out unless you tick the box, so the ZIP holds what is actually on your slides by default.
- Which formats can the speaker notes come in?
- Plain text (.txt), Markdown (.md) or a Word document (.docx). Each has one heading per slide with its number and title, and the notes under it. Slides with no notes are left out.
- Does the text export include tables, charts and SmartArt?
- Table cells are included. Text inside charts, SmartArt diagrams and pictures is not read, and the counts shown before you extract tell you when a slide holds such objects. Text on hidden slides is skipped unless you tick Include hidden slides.
How to use Extract from PowerPoint
Drop a .pptx file. The tool reads it and shows three counts: pictures stored in the file, slides with text, and slides with speaker notes. Choose Pictures, Text or Speaker notes. For pictures you see a grid of what was found and can include the pictures that belong only to the slide design. For text, choose plain text or Markdown and whether to add the speaker notes under each slide. For notes, choose .txt, .md or Word. Press Extract, check the result next to the Download button, and download.
When to use it
Useful when you need the photos from a deck and the original file is long gone, when you want the words of a presentation as a document, a blog post or an outline, or when you want your speaker notes as a script to read from or hand to someone. It is also a fast way to check what a deck is carrying before you reuse it.
When not to use it
If you want each whole slide as a picture, use PowerPoint to Images. If you want to remove the notes and comments instead of copying them out, use Clean PowerPoint for Sharing. Text inside pictures or scanned slides cannot be read here, and old .ppt files must be saved as .pptx first.
Tips for best results
Read the preview list before extracting: a slide whose title is missing usually has its heading in an ordinary text box, and the tool then uses the first short line as the title. Leave the design pictures unticked unless you want logos and backgrounds. For notes you plan to read aloud, the Markdown version keeps each slide’s heading easy to spot.
Limitations
Pictures come out exactly as stored, so a photo that was cropped on the slide is the full, uncropped picture, and effects applied in PowerPoint are not part of it. Formats browsers cannot show, such as EMF and WMF, are saved but have no preview. A picture used on several slides is saved once, named after the first slide that shows it. Text inside charts, SmartArt and pictures is not read, and the order of text on a slide follows the order of its shapes in the file, which can differ from what you see.
Privacy
The presentation is opened and the files are built in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. The Word version of the notes is built in the browser too, from a small code library loaded from this site. A request that counts the use goes to this site when you download and carries no part of your file.
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