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How do I Convert a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation to a Adobe PDF Format (PDF)?

It is very simple to convert a Presentation to a PDF file on the command line using Docto. You can also do this easily in Microsoft Powerpoint, but sometimes it helps to be able to do it from the command line.

The command line below shows how you can convert a Powerpoint Presentation to a Adobe PDF Format file - PDF.

Command Line

 docto -PP -f 'c:\path\Presentation.ppt' -o 'c:\path\Presentation.PDF' -t ppSaveAsPDF

or easier to read

 docto  -PP  
        -f 'c:\path\Presentation.ppt' 
        -o 'c:\path\Presentation.PDF' 
        -t ppSaveAsPDF

Command Line Explained

-PP - This is a conversion using Microsoft PowerPoint.
-f - The File or directory to be converted
-o - The Output File or Directory where you would like the converted file to be written to.
-T - The file format type that is being converted to

Other File Types Available for Conversion

The following values below can be used to convert a Powerpoint presentation file to another file type.

ppSaveAsAddIn=8
ppSaveAsAnimatedGIF=40
ppSaveAsBMP=19
ppSaveAsDefault=11
ppSaveAsEMF=23
ppSaveAsExternalConverter=64000
ppSaveAsGIF=16
ppSaveAsJPG=17
ppSaveAsMetaFile=15
ppSaveAsMP4=39
ppSaveAsOpenDocumentPresentation=35
ppSaveAsOpenXMLAddin=30
ppSaveAsOpenXMLPicturePresentation=36
ppSaveAsOpenXMLPresentation=24
ppSaveAsOpenXMLPresentationMacroEnabled=25
ppSaveAsOpenXMLShow=28
ppSaveAsOpenXMLShowMacroEnabled=29
ppSaveAsOpenXMLTemplate=26
ppSaveAsOpenXMLTemplateMacroEnabled=27
ppSaveAsOpenXMLTheme=31
ppSaveAsPDF=32
ppSaveAsPNG=18
ppSaveAsPresentation=1
ppSaveAsRTF=6
ppSaveAsShow=7
ppSaveAsStrictOpenXMLPresentation=38
ppSaveAsTemplate=5
ppSaveAsTIF=21
ppSaveAsWMV=37
ppSaveAsXMLPresentation=34
ppSaveAsXPS=33

Some other interesting commands

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