Convert PowerPoint to PDF — on your device
Slides re-drawn at their real size: text, shapes, pictures and tables.
Free: 3 jobs per UTC day, 25 MB per file. PDF exports include a visible Made with Bindery watermark. Pro exports clean PDFs.
Prefer the full studio? Open PowerPoint to PDF in the app →
Drop a .pptx and Bindery unpacks the deck in your browser, resolves each slide’s layout and master so placeholders land where PowerPoint put them, and draws backgrounds, filled shapes, text with sizes, bold, italics, alignment and bullets, pictures and tables into one PDF page per slide. Hidden slides are skipped.
It is an honest re-draw rather than a screenshot: fonts become Helvetica, gradients flatten to one colour, and shadows, SmartArt, charts, embedded media and animations are not reproduced — the result reports exactly what was skipped. Bindery runs entirely in your browser — your file is never uploaded, so there is nothing to delete from a server afterwards.
How it works
- Open PowerPoint → PDF and choose a .pptx (or drop it anywhere)
- Bindery re-draws every visible slide locally
- Download the PDF
A re-draw, not a screenshot
Bindery unpacks the .pptx in your browser, resolves each slide’s layout and master so placeholders land where PowerPoint put them, and draws the slide onto a PDF page of the same size: backgrounds, filled shapes, text with sizes, bold, italics, alignment and bullets, pictures and tables. Hidden slides are skipped, as PowerPoint skips them on export. Because it is a re-draw, text stays selectable in the PDF and the file is small.
The honest limits: fonts become Helvetica, gradients flatten to one colour, and shadows, SmartArt, charts, embedded media and animations are not reproduced. The result reports exactly what was skipped, slide by slide.
When it fits
- Sending a deck as a PDF from a phone or a machine without PowerPoint.
- A confidential deck that should not go through a cloud converter.
- Not for pixel-exact output — export from PowerPoint or Keynote for that, then compress the PDF here.
Converting in the browser versus uploading
| PowerPoint to PDF | Bindery | Upload-based tools |
|---|---|---|
| Where the file is processed | In your browser tab, on your device | Uploaded to the service’s servers |
| Fidelity | Layout, text, pictures and tables; effects and charts skipped | Often closer to PowerPoint’s own output |
| Confidential decks | Never leave the device | Uploaded, retained for a period |
| What exists afterwards | The original and the new file, both on your device | A server copy until the retention window ends |
| Works offline | Yes, once the app has loaded | No |
Questions people ask
Will the slides look identical?
Close, not identical. Positions, sizes, colours, text and pictures carry over; effects, gradients, charts and SmartArt do not, and fonts are substituted. For a pixel-exact export use PowerPoint itself.
Are hidden slides included?
No — hidden slides are skipped, just as PowerPoint skips them when exporting, and the result tells you how many.
Is my presentation uploaded?
No. The .pptx is unpacked and the PDF drawn entirely in your browser.
Are speaker notes included?
No — only the slides are drawn. Export a notes version from PowerPoint if you need them.
Why does a chart come out blank?
Charts are stored as data plus a rendering recipe that PowerPoint executes; Bindery does not reproduce them. Paste the chart as a picture in PowerPoint before converting.
Can I convert .ppt files?
No — .pptx only. Save as .pptx in PowerPoint or LibreOffice first.