pdf animation presentation

Stack Exchange Network

Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow , the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.

Q&A for work

Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search.

Create a PDF from PowerPoint with animations

I have PowerPoint slides with visual effects on them, so each line appears after clicking on the screen in the presentation. When I convert them to PDF the slides are mostly empty and only some titles are in them and the lines that had the visual effect don't appear.

They come out looking like this:

How can I convert them to PDF properly, without having to go through all of the slides (there are like 200 of them) and removing each effect?

• microsoft-powerpoint

• Do you see all of the slide info if you try to print one? –  daalbert May 31, 2013 at 16:28
• Have you tried it yet? What happens when you convert it? –  CharlieRB May 31, 2013 at 17:21
• As I said -> "When I convert them to pdf the slides are mostly empty and only some titles are in them and the lines that had the visual effect don't appear on them." the numbers, titles, lines without animations appear. my most important lines are not there –  Peggy May 31, 2013 at 19:08
• I had the same problem and got use to make presentations with Latex beamer. –  user278428 Dec 2, 2013 at 3:14

4 Answers 4

You may want to have a look at the answer to this question instead of following the accepted one above:

Converting a PPT to a PDF while maintaining the animation steps is something I too have been looking into for a long while, without finding a satisfactory solution. That is why I have decided to write an add-in on my own which does exactly this: splits the slides at each animation step (being it mouse-triggered or not depends on the user's choice) while modifying (adding, deleting, altering) the shapes in the "fragmented slide" according to the animation effects. If you are interested, I have packaged the add-in in an easy-to-use installer, which adds a toolbar (or tab, if you are using Office 2007) to your PowerPoint. In case you are not satisfied, you can easily remove the add-in using the standard Control Panel "Add/Remove Applications" tool. You can get PPspliT here . Examples of usage are also provided.

• 2 PPspliT modifies the file, so if you only want a PDF remember to undo the splitting after exporting the PDF or work on a copy. –  kap Aug 12, 2020 at 10:19

PPspliT, mentioned above, appears to be only for Windows.

If you're on OS X, a (not always perfect) option I've used is to open the PPT/PPTX file in Keynote. From the menu bar, select "File > Export to > PDF..." . Then check the checkbox "Print each stage of builds", and click "Next...". Caveat: As it's not its native format, Keynote does not always read PowerPoint files exactly right. Check that any complex slides (not just animations, but also ones containing things like math formulae requiring precise formatting) have been reproduced faithfully. If not, adjust accordingly in Keynote to correct any aberration.

I haven't personally tested the following, but for a cross-OS solution: For LibreOffice (which also has PPT/PPTX import), there is this extension and this one . Note, however, that the latter rasterizes everything to bitmaps, which may be very undesirable, depending on your purpose.

• 1 Did the trick for me on OS-X –  tdc Apr 6, 2016 at 22:31
• New version (1.21) of PPspliT also supports Mac OS, worth mention that it is experimental ,however. –  user1080906 Jun 5, 2020 at 15:15

PDF files don't handle any kind of animation, and you can show only one representation of a PowerPoint slide per PDF page. Keep in mind that PDFs are portable data format, which means they don't follow the rules of any particular software. In essence, a PDF is a screen representation of a paper print-out. You would not expect animation on a paper print-out, so don't expect them in a PDF either.

If you want your audience to see the animations, you will need to provide them with the PowerPoint deck or save the PPT as a video.

If you need a PDF version of a highly animated PowerPoint deck, you will need to create a copy of the PPT and let each slide display only (and all) the elements that you want to show on the PDF. Then save as PDF (or print to your PDF printer).

• thanks :). your last paragraph helped, but the solution was to save them as jpeg and then merge all of those images as a pdf. this way the animations won't ruin jpegs and all of the slides contents will be displayed in the image. –  Peggy Jun 2, 2013 at 7:46
• 2 @peggy - that's a horrible solution. The resulting file will either be pixelated or giant, and probably both. –  John Berryman Oct 21, 2013 at 18:46
• 8 PDF actually handles animations just fine. Most non-Adobe viewers just don’t support this, and the PowerPoint PDF export doesn’t support it either. But the PDF format does support it. –  Konrad Rudolph Jun 22, 2015 at 14:30
• 4 PDF can handle animations, even interactive ones, in many different ways, with Javascript, with Flash and with many plugins.. –  skan Aug 28, 2015 at 18:21
• 1 There are several commercial solutions to translate Powerpoint files to PDF, including the animations, for example VeryPDF –  skan Aug 28, 2015 at 18:22

As an alternative, the action described by teylyn in the last paragraph:

create a copy of the PPT and let each slide display only (and all) the elements that you want to show on the PDF

can be automated by using the PPspliT PowerPoint add-in available at http://www.dia.uniroma3.it/~rimondin/downloads.php . If I have understood correctly, the add-in should do exactly what you want to achieve: render animation effects in separate slides, that can then be converted in PDF.

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for browse other questions tagged pdf microsoft-powerpoint animation ..

• The Overflow Blog
• How do mixture-of-experts layers affect transformer models?
• What a year building AI has taught Stack Overflow
• Featured on Meta
• New Focus Styles & Updated Styling for Button Groups
• Upcoming initiatives on Stack Overflow and across the Stack Exchange network
• Google Cloud will be Sponsoring Super User SE

Hot Network Questions

• Adverb position before object / before verb
• Masyu: Four Colours
• Are wider tires on a road bike a good idea?
• Draw a car with TikZ
• What are the limitations of combining tracing GC with manual memory management?
• Is it possible to have a stable black hole that does not evaporate?
• Difficult sentence from Leibniz's Historia Inventionis Phosphori?
• Could an airborne swarm of small insects explode?
• GR contribution to time dilation when both clocks are falling freely
• Should the banker hit?
• What can I tell a student I am mentoring who claims: "I want to do pure mathematics because it is superior to any other subject in the world"?
• Can "sit" mean "receive no attention"?
• Can anyone explain this sacrifice?
• Inequality involving an absolute value
• When God says in Genesis 1.3,"Let there be light," is he creating light? or commanding that light be created?
• Why do you need to set aside 10 cards when setting up the game?
• Is there a mathematical formula or a list of frequencies (Hz) of notes?
• how to reformat vdots to be bigger?
• Why doesn't Mathematica simplify the expression under square root?
• Whats the path towards enlightenment?
• Why can't the Schlumpf Mountain Drive be used along with the 14-speed Rohloff?
• What is better source of random bytes: Yubikey or /dev/random (or both)?
• Is the Umbrage Hill Quest in Dragon of Icespire Peak likely to kill 1st-level PCs?
• Why do we need to prove extension lemmas?

How to Create an Animated PDF

Acrobat's built-in options for creating animation in PDFs are quite limited. Acrobat Pro can only create animated page transitions, such as "Wipe" and "Fade," similar to slide transitions in PowerPoint. However, you can use the program's "Flash" and "3D" tools to embed animated files in your PDFs to create truly animated PDFs.

Advertisement

Creating Page Transitions in PDFs

Video of the Day

Open a multi-page PDF in Acrobat Pro.

Click "Advanced" on the menu bar, choose "Document Processing" and select "Page Transitions" from the Document Processing Fly-out. This opens the Set Transitions dialog box.

Click the "Transition" drop-down to choose a transition style. Click the "Direction" drop-down to choose a transition direction—a Wipe transition, for example, can wipe up, down, left, right or from one of the four corners of the page. If you want your pages to flip automatically, select the "Auto Flip" check box and choose a duration (in seconds) from the "After" drop-down. To apply the transition to all of the pages in the PDF, select "All pages in document" in the Page Range section of the dialog box. To set the transition to specific pages, select the "Pages range" radio button, and then set the page range in the "From" and "To" fields. (You can set different transitions on different pages using the Page Range option.)

Click "OK." To test the transitions, click "View" on the menu bar and choose "Full Screen Mode."

Embedding Animated 3D Images and Flash SWF Files

Open the PDF in which you want to embed an animated file. Go to the page where you want the animation to play.

Click "Tools" on the menu bar and choose "Multimedia." From the Multimedia fly-out menu, choose the type of animation you want to embed. Choose "3D Tool" for a 3D (U3D) file, or choose "Flash Tool" for a Flash movie (SWF) file. (These two tools work basically the same.) Draw a container on the page where you want the animation to display. This opens the Insert Flash or Insert 3D dialog box, depending on which tool you choose.

Click the "Browse" button and navigate to the file you want to embed, or type the Internet URL for the file in the "File" field.

Click "OK" to embed the file. Move the embedded animation, if necessary, to the desired location on the page with your mouse cursor or with the Up, Down, Left and Right arrow keys on your keyboard.

Test the SWF animation by clicking the "Play" button located in the left corner of the movie. Test the 3D animation by clicking the "Play" button located on the control strip above the 3D image.

• Adobe: Transition Your PDF into a Slideshow
• Adobe: Acrobat 3D Developer Center
• Acrobat: Users: Embedding Flash Brings Interactive PDF Product Tour to Life

Report an Issue

Screenshot loading...

Adobe Community

• Global community
• 日本語コミュニティ Dedicated community for Japanese speakers
• 한국 커뮤니티 Dedicated community for Korean speakers
• Discussions

How to export a powerpoint animation to pdf ?

Copy link to clipboard

1 Correct answer

never-displayed

What’s it for?

Make interactive presentations

Create show-stopping presentations and clickable slide decks with Genially’s free online presentation builder. Leave boring behind and tell a story that’s interactive, animated, and beautifully engaging.

INTERACTIVE CONTENT

A presentation that works like a website

Engage your audience with interactive slides that they can click on and explore. Add music, video, hotspots, popup windows, quiz games and interactive data visualizations in a couple of clicks. No coding required!

NO-CODE ANIMATION

Make your slides pop with animation

Bring a touch of movie magic to the screen with incredible visual effects and animated page transitions. Add click-trigger and timed animations to make any topic easy to understand and captivating to watch.

INTEGRATIONS

Live from the world wide web

Embed online content directly in your slides for a media-rich interactive experience. From YouTube and Spotify to Google Maps and Sheets, Genially works seamlessly with over 100 popular apps and websites.

TEMPLATES & TOOLKIT

Genius design tools

With Genially, anyone can create a polished and professional presentation. Choose from over 2000 pre-built templates, or create your own design using the drag-and-drop resources, color palettes, icons, maps and vector graphics.

ONLINE PLATFORM

Safe and sound in the cloud

Because Genially is online, you can relax knowing that your slides are always up-to-date. There’s no risk of forgetting to save changes or accessing the wrong file. Log in from anywhere, collaborate with your team, and make edits in real time.

All-in-one interactive presentation maker

Real-time collaboration.

Co-edit slide decks with others in real time and organize all of your team projects in shared spaces.

Multi format

Present live, share the link, or download as an interactive PDF, MP4 video, JPG, HTML, or SCORM package.

Engagement Analytics

See how many people have viewed and clicked on your slides and keep tabs on learner progress with User Tracking.

Import from PPTX

Give your old decks a new lease of life by importing PowerPoint slides and transforming them with a little Genially magic.

Keep content on-brand with your logo, fonts, colors, brand assets, and team templates at your fingertips.

Quiz & Survey Builder

Use the Interactive Questions feature to add a fun quiz to your slides or gather feedback from your audience.

Beautiful templates

Make your next deck in a flash with Genially’s ready-to-use slides.

OKR Presentation

School Notebook Presentation

Animated Sketch Presentation

Minimal presentation

Land Of Magic Presentation

Onboarding presentation

Visual Presentation

Animated chalkboard presentation

Online Education Guide

Terrazzo presentation

Startup pitch

Historical presentation

THEMES FOR EVERYONE

Interactive presentation ideas

From classroom materials to business pitches, make an impact every day with Genially.

Education presentations

Pitch decks

Business presentations

Thesis defense

Share anywhere

Present live

From the front of the room or behind a screen, you’ll wow your audience with Genially. Heading off grid? Download in HTML to present dynamic slides without WiFi.

Share the link

Every Genially slide deck has its own unique url, just like a website! Share the link so that others can explore at their own pace, or download an MP4 video slideshow or PDF.

Post online

Embed the slides on your website or post them on social media. Upload to Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, Moodle or any other platform.

The benefits of interactive slides

🗣️ Active participation An interactive slide deck gives your audience cool things to click on and discover, boosting learning and engagement.

👂 Multi-sensory experience Audio, video, animations, and mouse interactions make your content immersive, entertaining and accessible.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 People-friendly format Pop-ups and embeds condense more material into fewer slides so you can break information down into digestible chunks.


🎮 Gamification Games, quizzes and puzzles make information more memorable and enable you to gather feedback and check understanding.

How to make an interactive presentation

With Genially’s easy-to-use presentation platform, anyone can make incredible visual content in moments.

Choose a template or a blank canvas

Get stunning results in less time with a ready-made template. Feeling creative? Design your own slides from scratch.

Customize the design

Add animations and interactions

Resources to become a pro presentation creator

How to create an interactive presentation: Get started in Genially.

How to present data without sending your audience to sleep.

No-code animation: Bring your slides to life with cinematic visual effects.

The art of digital storytelling: Engage and thrill on screen.

Genially in a nutshell

How do I make a presentation interactive and how does Genially work? Find the answers to all of your slide-related questions here!

What’s an interactive presentation?

Interactive slides contain clickable hotspots, links, buttons, and animations that are activated at the touch of a button. Instead of reading or watching passively, your audience can actively interact with the content.  

Genially’s interaction presentation software allows you to combine text, photos, video clips, audio and other content in one deck. It’s a great way to condense more information into fewer slides. 

If you’re a teacher, you can share multiple materials in one single learning resource. Students can create their own projects using digital media and online maps. For business or training, try embedding spreadsheet data, PDFs, and online content directly in your slides. 

An interactive slide deck is more user-friendly than a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or Google Slides document. That’s because you can break information down into chunks with pop-ups, labels, voiceovers and annotated infographics.  

The other benefit of interactive content is increased engagement. It’s easier to keep your audience’s attention when they’re actively participating. Try Genially’s presentation software and free slideshow maker to see how it’s better than other presentation websites. You won’t go back to standard presentation apps!

How do you make a clickable slide?

The best way to make slides clickable is to use Genially’s free interactive presentation program. Design your slide then apply an interaction. In a couple of clicks, you can add popup windows, hyperlinks, close-up images, games, animations, multimedia and other content. 

Choose from the library of hotspot buttons and icons to show people what to click on. Go to Presenter View to get a preview and see how your content will appear to your audience.

How do I create presentations that look professional?

You’ve got a deadline looming and you’re staring at the screen with a blank presentation. We’ve all been there! Starting a presentation design from scratch is tricky, especially if you’re short on time. 

Genially’s free online presentation maker has over 2000 ready-to-use templates for professional slide presentations, photos slideshows, and more. Each slide design has been created by our team of top graphic designers. No need to worry about fonts, centering images, or designing a matching color scheme. It’s all done for you. 

Start by browsing our layouts and themes for education, business and then customize with your own text and images.

How do I share or download my slides?

Because Genially is a cloud based presentation software, you can simply share the link to your slides. Like other online presentation tools, there are no files to download or store on your computer. Everything is saved online.  

When you publish your slide deck, it gets its own unique url, just like a website. Share the link with others to let them explore the content in their own time. If you’re presenting live, just click the Present button. 

You can also embed your presentation on your website, company wiki, or social media. Genially is compatible with WordPress, Moodle, Google Classroom, and other platforms. If you use an LMS, you can also download your interactive design slides in SCORM format.

For slideshow videos and slideshows with music, share online or download as an MP4 video. Check out our free slideshow templates for ideas.

Can I make a free presentation in Genially?

You bet! Genially is an easy-to-use slide maker, with a free version and paid plans. The free plan allows you to create unlimited slides with interactions and animations. Subscribe to one of our paid plans for more advanced features.

Discover a world of interactive content

Join the 25 million people designing incredible interactive experiences with Genially.

• Compress PDF
• PDF Converter
• PDF Scanner
• Delete PDF Pages
• Extract PDF Pages
• Number Pages
• AI PDF Summarizer
• PDF to Word
• PDF to Excel
• Word to PDF
• Excel to PDF
• Protect PDF
• Flatten PDF
• How to Convert PDF to PPT

How To Present a PDF Like a PowerPoint

October 9, 2023 by Hung Nguyen

Learn to present a PDF in full-screen mode like you would a PPT file or convert it to PPT for easy presenting.

You can present a PDF as if it were a PowerPoint presentation in two ways. You can either open a PDF and view the content in full screen or save the file as a PowerPoint. If you choose the latter, you can then open the file in Microsoft PowerPoint and present it as you usually would. Check out the full instructions for both methods below.

How To Present a PDF Like a PowerPoint Presentation

Open your pdf document with your pdf reader., click “view” and choose “enter full screen” or “slideshow.”, present as you usually would and navigate using the arrow keys., press the “esc” (escape) key to exit the slideshow when finished..

There are a few limitations to presenting PDF files like this: some media file types, such as animated GIF images, won’t work and will remain static in your presentation. You also can’t add speaker notes to PDF presentations. While we believe PDF is quite versatile, in this case, it might be better to convert the PDF to PPT format using our free converter.

How To Change a PDF to PPT To Present

• Go to the  PDF to PPT  converter.
• Drag and drop your PDF.
• Wait for the tool to convert it to PPT.
• Click “Download,” and you’re done.

Convert your PDF to PPT format in a heartbeat

Once you have the PPT file open, you can present the data as you would normally. If you have an older version of Microsoft Office, you’ll have to click the “Slide Show” tab and choose “Play from Start” to start a presentation.

While you have a PowerPoint file open, you can also edit the content as you’d like. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is available within the PDF to PPT tool, where we’ll pluck the content of each PDF into an editable PPT file for your convenience. And while you’re on our blog, check out how to insert a PDF into a PowerPoint — learning new PDF and PPT-related tricks is always good!

We offer the most popular online PDF to PPT converter. A big part of our popularity comes from our simple and intuitive drag-and-drop interface as well as our range of practical tools to convert, edit, sign, protect, and lock PDFs and other documents. Of course, we also offer a tool to reverse this whole process and turn PPT back into PDF.

Easy to Convert and Present

Regardless of the PDF reader, from Adobe Acrobat/Adobe Reader to Preview, or even on your web browser, you should be able to present PDF like a PowerPoint with ease. If you want the extra benefits of presenting using PowerPoint, our tool is free to use, without the need t download software.

We hope this guide could be of help, and good luck with all of your future presentations!

Related articles

How to Download a Powerpoint as a PDF

Easy to use online converter to save and download PowerPoint presentations in PDF format. No registration, no watermark, no installation.

What To Include in Your Contract To Get Paid on Time

Getting paid for your work is important. Getting paid on time? Even more so. Here are our tips on how to set up your contract for success.

Why Is Sustainability in Business Important?

With just 100 companies causing the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions, the impact of sustainability in businesses can’t be ignored.

Prepare PDFs for presentation

• Acrobat User Guide
• Access Acrobat from desktop, mobile, web
• Introducing the new Acrobat experience
• What's new in Acrobat
• Keyboard shortcuts
• System Requirements
• Workspace basics
• Opening PDFs
• Navigating PDF pages
• Viewing PDF preferences
• Adjusting PDF views
• Enable thumbnail preview of PDFs
• Display PDF in browser
• Access files from Box
• Access files from Dropbox
• Access files from OneDrive
• Access files from SharePoint
• Access files from Google Drive
• Acrobat and macOS
• Acrobat notifications
• Grids, guides, and measurements in PDFs
• Asian, Cyrillic, and right-to-left text in PDFs
• Overview of PDF creation
• Create PDFs with Acrobat
• Create PDFs with PDFMaker
• Using the Adobe PDF printer
• Converting web pages to PDF
• Creating PDFs with Acrobat Distiller
• Adobe PDF conversion settings
• Edit text in PDFs
• Edit images or objects in a PDF
• Rotate, move, delete, and renumber PDF pages
• Edit scanned PDFs
• Enhance document photos captured using a mobile camera
• Optimizing PDFs
• PDF properties and metadata
• Links and attachments in PDFs
• Page thumbnails and bookmarks in PDFs
• PDFs converted to web pages
• Setting up PDFs for a presentation
• PDF articles
• Geospatial PDFs
• Applying actions and scripts to PDFs
• Change the default font for adding text
• Delete pages from a PDF
• Scan documents to PDF
• Enhance document photos
• Troubleshoot scanner issues when scanning using Acrobat
• PDF forms basics
• Create a form from scratch in Acrobat
• Create and distribute PDF forms
• Fill in PDF forms
• PDF form field properties
• Fill and sign PDF forms
• Setting action buttons in PDF forms
• Publishing interactive PDF web forms
• PDF form field basics
• PDF barcode form fields
• Collect and manage PDF form data
• About forms tracker
• PDF forms help
• Send PDF forms to recipients using email or an internal server
• Combine or merge files into single PDF
• Add headers, footers, and Bates numbering to PDFs
• Crop PDF pages
• Add watermarks to PDFs
• Add backgrounds to PDFs
• Working with component files in a PDF Portfolio
• Publish and share PDF Portfolios
• Overview of PDF Portfolios
• Create and customize PDF Portfolios
• Share and track PDFs online
• Mark up text with edits
• Preparing for a PDF review
• Starting a PDF review
• Hosting shared reviews on SharePoint or Office 365 sites
• Participating in a PDF review
• Add comments to PDFs
• Adding a stamp to a PDF
• Approval workflows
• Managing comments | view, reply, print
• Importing and exporting comments
• Tracking and managing PDF reviews
• Saving PDFs
• Convert PDF to Word
• Convert PDF to JPG
• Convert or export PDFs to other file formats
• File format options for PDF export
• Reusing PDF content
• Enhanced security setting for PDFs
• Securing PDFs with passwords
• Manage Digital IDs
• Securing PDFs with certificates
• Opening secured PDFs
• Removing sensitive content from PDFs
• Setting up security policies for PDFs
• Choosing a security method for PDFs
• Security warnings when a PDF opens
• Securing PDFs with Adobe Experience Manager
• Protected View feature for PDFs
• Overview of security in Acrobat and PDFs
• JavaScripts in PDFs as a security risk
• Attachments as security risks
• Allow or block links in PDFs
• Sign PDF documents
• Capture your signature on mobile and use it everywhere
• Send documents for e-signatures
• Create a web form
• Request e-signatures in bulk
• Collect online payments
• Brand your account
• About certificate signatures
• Certificate-based signatures
• Validating digital signatures
• Adobe Approved Trust List
• Manage trusted identities
• Basic PDF printing tasks
• Print Booklets and PDF Portfolios
• Advanced PDF print settings
• Print to PDF
• Printing color PDFs (Acrobat Pro)
• Printing PDFs in custom sizes
• Create and verify PDF accessibility
• Accessibility features in PDFs
• Reading Order tool for PDFs
• Reading PDFs with reflow and accessibility features
• Edit document structure with the Content and Tags panels
• Creating accessible PDFs
• Cloud-based auto-tagging
• Creating PDF indexes
• Searching PDFs
• Add audio, video, and interactive objects to PDFs
• Adding 3D models to PDFs (Acrobat Pro)
• Displaying 3D models in PDFs
• Interacting with 3D models
• Measuring 3D objects in PDFs
• Setting 3D views in PDFs
• Enable 3D content in PDF
• Adding multimedia to PDFs
• Commenting on 3D designs in PDFs
• Playing video, audio, and multimedia formats in PDFs
• Add comments to videos
• Print production tools overview
• Printer marks and hairlines
• Previewing output
• Transparency flattening
• Color conversion and ink management
• Trapping color
• PDF/X-, PDF/A-, and PDF/E-compliant files
• Preflight profiles
• Advanced preflight inspections
• Preflight reports
• Viewing preflight results, objects, and resources
• Output intents in PDFs
• Correcting problem areas with the Preflight tool
• Automating document analysis with droplets or preflight actions
• Analyzing documents with the Preflight tool
• Additional checks in the Preflight tool
• Preflight libraries
• Preflight variables
• Keeping colors consistent
• Color settings
• Color-managing documents
• Working with color profiles
• Understanding color management

Before you begin

We're rolling out a new, more intuitive product experience. If the screen shown here doesn’t match your product interface, select  help for your current experience .

Enhance PDF Presentations with full-screen mode and page transitions

Full-screen mode allows you to set PDFs for Presentations, filling the entire screen and hiding Acrobat's menu bar, toolbar, and window controls.

You can establish consistent initial views for your documents or collections of documents.

Page transitions can be added to create visual effects as viewers navigate through the document.

Set initial view

When users open your PDF document or Portfolio, they see the initial view. You can s et the initial view to your desired magnification level, page, and layout.

In Acrobat Pro, Action wizards enable changing default settings for multiple documents.

To set the initial view:

• From the dialog, select the Initial View tab.
• Navigation tab - Determines which panels are displayed in the navigation pane.
• Page layout - Determines how the document pages are arranged.
• Magnification - Sets the zoom level for the document after it's opened. The default uses the magnification set by the user.
• Open to page - Specifies the page that appears when the document opens.
• Window Options - Determines how the window adjusts in the screen area when a user opens the document. These options apply to the document window itself in relationship to the screen area of the user’s monitor.
• Interface Options - Determines which parts of the interface—the menu bar, the toolbars, and the window controls—are hidden.
• Select Open in Full Screen mode  check box.
• For the Navigation tab, select Page Only .
• For Page layout, select Single Page .
• Set  Open to page  to the page where you want to start the presentation.
• Select Ok .
• Save and reopen the file to view the effects.

In full-screen mode, users can press the "Esc" key to exit if their preferences permit it. However, users can only execute commands or choose tools using keyboard shortcuts. To maintain functionality, consider setting up page actions within the document.

Two factors can alter page layout and magnification:

Selecting Default for the Magnification and Page Layout options will follow the user's settings in the Page Display preferences.

If you hide the menu bar and toolbars, users can only use commands or select tools with keyboard shortcuts. Consider creating page actions that temporarily conceal interface controls while the page is visible.  See Add actions with page thumbnails .

Add page transitions

You can create engaging effects when advancing pages by using page transitions.  Acrobat Pro's Actions wizard allows you to set page transitions for multiple documents.

From the All tools menu, select Organize pages > Page transitions .

Or select the desired page thumbnails in the Page thumbnails panel, then choose Page transitions from the Options menu.

In the Page   transitions dialog, pick a transition effect from the Transition menu. These effects are identical to the ones in the Full Screen preferences.

Select the direction and speed of the transition effect. Options vary based on the transition.

Select Auto Flip and enter the time interval in seconds for automatic page turning. If this option isn't selected, users must turn pages using keyboard commands or the mouse.

Specify the Page Range to which the transitions should apply.

If the 'Ignore All Transitions in the Full Screen' setting is enabled in Document preferences, users won't see the page transitions.  Acrobat also supports PowerPoint's page transitions and bullet fly-ins.

More like this

• View document properties
• Set the page layout and orientation
• Convert PDF files to PowerPoint online

Get help faster and easier

Quick links

Legal Notices    |    Online Privacy Policy

Share this page

Language Navigation

PDF presentations: How to present a PDF effectively.

Easily include PDF documents in presentations. Learn how to present PDF files and convert them into Microsoft PowerPoint slideshows.

Learn how to present a PDF in a way that can engage your audience and share your ideas effectively, no matter what tools you have available. You may have to share information from a PDF document when you’re getting ready to give a presentation at work or school. But what’s the best way to display a PDF if you want to keep your audience interested? Read on to learn two ways to give an engaging and eye-catching PDF presentation.

How to present a PDF.

You have a few options for presenting your PDF slideshow. PDF presentation mode is available on most PDF editing software but not necessarily in a PDF viewer. You can also, of course, convert your PDF to a PowerPoint presentation. The simplest way to present your PDF is to share your screen or project the view of your PDF from a free PDF viewer. Check out the instructions for these various methods below.

Option 1: Use PDF presentation mode.

If you use PDF presentation mode, you won’t have to convert your PDF and worry about formatting issues. You will also have preference options as you learn how to put a PDF in presentation mode. Follow these steps:

• Open your PDF in Adobe Acrobat .
• Select File > Preferences > Full Screen View to select options for your presentation.
• Select View > Full Screen.

The options will allow you to decide things like whether you will time your slides and which transitions you want between slides. You can also use a similar process with Preview on your Apple device.

How to present a PDF document

With Adobe Acrobat online services, it’s fast and easy to convert PDFs into PowerPoint presentations. Simply follow these three steps:

• Navigate to Acrobat online services and launch the Convert PDF to PowerPoint tool.
• Drag and drop your PDF file into the converter or click Select A File to locate it.
• Download your presentation once the converter has finished.

You can now open the slideshow as you would any ordinary PowerPoint presentation. And as a bonus, you can edit the text, images, and formatting directly in PowerPoint.

Option 3: Present a PDF using a PDF reader window.

The easiest way to include a PDF file in your presentation is simply by using your PDF reader . Most video call applications let you share your screen and display the PDF to others. If you’re at an in-person meeting, you can also project the PDF reader onto a screen.

To share your screen with your PDF reader in a call, you’ll need to follow these steps:

• Open your PDF in your PDF reader, and leave it open.
• Begin your video call.
• Select the screen-sharing option.
• Select the PDF reader as the screen you’d like to share.

Although letting others see your PDF reader may be easy, it isn’t always the most optimal way to give a presentation. It can be slow to scroll through the pages of the PDF file — plus, depending on the orientation, you may also not be able to display an entire page while keeping text at a legible size.

Why create PDF presentations vs. other methods?

PDF slideshows have several advantages. You might be creating a presentation from a PDF as your original document. In that case, there’s no need to complicate your process and convert your PDF into another format. Unlike other presentation methods like PowerPoint, you can present your PDF on any device. PDF presentations also tend to use less storage. Additionally, since one of the main purposes of a PDF is to retain the formatting, you can trust that your fonts and structure will remain stable for your presentation.

What is PDF presentation mode?

PDF presentation mode is the simplest option for presenting a PDF. It doesn’t require converting your file or downloading extra software. It allows you to present your PDF in full screen and use your keys to toggle between pages. You can create transitions between your pages and even time your slides. One limitation of PDF presentation mode is that it doesn’t support videos.

Can I see my notes in PDF presentation mode?

While putting your PDF in full-screen presentation mode shows your slides neatly, it doesn’t show your presenter notes separately on your personal device. If you need to have notes on hand, you can always print them out or give yourself concise notes as reminders on the slides themselves. If you have converted a PowerPoint presentation to a PDF, your notes won’t be lost. They’ll be available for you to look at under Options > Publish > Notes pages.

Tips to help improve your PDF presentation skills.

Presenting in front of a group, large or small, can sometimes feel daunting. Here are some quick tips to improve your PDF presentation skills:

• Make your slides visually appealing. Color and images help with visual appeal. Visuals will help keep your audience engaged.
• Keep your slides simple. If you stick to one idea per slide, it will be easier for everyone to follow.
• Don’t crowd your slides with text. Offer text only to remind your audience of the key points of your presentation. Avoid using full sentences in the slides. Your audience is there to listen to you, not to read your slides.
• Rehearse your presentation until it feels natural to give it. It will be easier for your audience to learn if you seem comfortable during your presentation.

More resources on PDFs.

PDF is one of the most relied-upon formats in professional settings, so using it directly for a presentation will be very convenient. Now that you’ve learned how to present a PDF effectively, here are more resources to work with PDFs:

• Learn how to get the most out of a presentation appendix .
• Learn how to compress a PowerPoint .
• Learn how to make a PDF interactive .
• You can also convert a PDF to Google Slides and present from there.

Explore what more you can do with Adobe Acrobat online services to easily convert, edit, and sign PDFs - and more.

• Add, change, hide, or delete comments in a presentation Article
• Share your PowerPoint presentation with others Article
• Save a presentation as a video Article
• Inspect a presentation Article
• Save PowerPoint presentations as PDF files Article

Save PowerPoint presentations as PDF files

When you save presentation as a PDF file it freezes the formatting and layout. People can view the slides even if they don’t have PowerPoint, but they can’t make changes to it.

Select File > Export .

Click Create PDF/XPS Document , then click Create PDF/XPS .

In the Publish as PDF or XPS dialog box, choose a location to save the file to. If you want it to have a different name, enter it in the File name box.

Optionally, if you want to change what the final PDF file is like, do any of the following:

At Optimize for , select Standard for higher quality (for example, if you want to print it). Select Minimum size to make the file smaller (for example, if you want to send it as an e-mail attachment).

Click Options to set how the presentation will appear as a PDF. Here are some of the available options:

To save the current slide only as a PDF, under Range , select Current slide .

To save specific slides as PDF, in Slides(s) , enter the slide number range in From and To boxes.

If you don't want to save slides, but instead only save comments, handouts, or Outline view, under Publish what , select an appropriate option. You can also specify the number of slides to appear in Slides per page dropdown box, and modify the order ( Horizontal or Vertical ).

You can choose to include frame slides, hidden slides, comments, ink, non-printing information such as Document properties or Document structure tags, in your PDF by selecting the appropriate options.

Click Publish .

There are two ways to make your PowerPoint for macOS presentation a PDF.

You can save your presentation as a PDF in File > Save As .

You can export your presentation as a PDF file by going to File > Export .

Both methods do the same thing, so you can choose whichever you're more familiar with when you want to create a PDF version of your presentation.

Method 1: Save your presentation as a PDF

Select File > Save As .

Choose the location where you'd like to save your PDF, and then in the File Format menu, choose PDF.

Method 2: Export your presentation as a PDF

In the File Format menu, choose PDF.

Note:  If you’d like to have more options to customize PDF conversions of presentations in PowerPoint for macOS, let us know by providing us feedback. See  How do I give feedback on Microsoft Office? for more information.

Set the print quality of the PDF

Features such as saving notes, saving slides as handouts, including hidden slides in the PDF, or setting the PDF to a smaller file size aren't available. However, you can set the print quality of a PDF to a higher or lower standard.

Tip:  PowerPoint for macOS doesn't preserve hyperlinks in PDFs but if you save your presentation to OneDrive you can open it in PowerPoint for the web and download as PDF from there. PDF files generated from PowerPoint for the web preserve hyperlinks, are accessible, and also tend to have a smaller file size.

You can set the print quality of the PDF to High , Medium , or Low —depending on your need. By default, the print quality is set to High—which is the optimal choice for printing a PDF. Follow these instructions to set the print quality of the PDF:

Click the PowerPoint menu > Preferences .

In the PowerPoint Preferences dialog box, click General .

Under Print Quality (Paper/PDF) , set the Desired Quality to an option of your choice.

Click the File tab, click Download As , and then click Download as PDF . (The file is converted to PDF, and then a dialog box tells you that it is ready to download.

Click Download . A message bar appears to show you that the downloaded PDF file is ready to save to your computer. (The exact message varies depending on the web browser you're using.) 

Click Save As , and then a dialog box appears that allows you to specify where to save the file on your computer.

Need more help?

Want more options.

Explore subscription benefits, browse training courses, learn how to secure your device, and more.

Microsoft 365 subscription benefits

Microsoft 365 training

Microsoft security

Accessibility center

Communities help you ask and answer questions, give feedback, and hear from experts with rich knowledge.

Ask the Microsoft Community

Microsoft Tech Community

Windows Insiders

Microsoft 365 Insiders

Was this information helpful?

Thank you for your feedback.

Got any suggestions?

We want to hear from you! Send us a message and help improve Slidesgo

Top searches

Trending searches

solar eclipse

25 templates

12 templates

sunday school

65 templates

30 templates

public health

35 templates

elderly people

7 templates

Animated Presentation templates

Enjoy our wonderful animated presentation templates for google slides and powerpoint and customize them to your liking to give an entertaining pitch., animated intro for social media platforms.

Are you describing how your company is going to publish content on social media? Are you defining what, when and how everything is going to be published for the next quarter? You can do so with this new template, that has been created for PowerPoint only. What is its special...

Spring Woods

Download the Spring Woods presentation for PowerPoint or Google Slides and start impressing your audience with a creative and original design. Slidesgo templates like this one here offer the possibility to convey a concept, idea or topic in a clear, concise and visual way, by using different graphic resources. You...

Premium template

Unlock this template and gain unlimited access

Animated Raven Literature Lesson

Prepare an original literature class with this template for high school teachers. It is based on the work The Raven, by the American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe. It is interactive and has animated elements. You can include exercises to test your pupils' knowledge after explaining the lesson. It...

Animated MK Newsletter

A newsletter is a great way of building trust with your subscribers and, at the same time, they get to know the latest news from you. We've created a new template so that your newsletter is in the form of a slideshow, but what a slideshow! The geometric design is...

Creative and Bold Theme for Marketing

Download the Creative and Bold Theme for Marketing presentation for PowerPoint or Google Slides and take your marketing projects to the next level. This template is the perfect ally for your advertising strategies, launch campaigns or report presentations. Customize your content with ease, highlight your ideas and captivate your audience...

Contemporary Art Museum Project Proposal

Download the Contemporary Art Museum Project Proposal presentation for PowerPoint or Google Slides. A well-crafted proposal can be the key factor in determining the success of your project. It's an opportunity to showcase your ideas, objectives, and plans in a clear and concise manner, and to convince others to invest...

Fractions: Addition and Subtraction of Mixed Numbers

Download the Fractions: Addition and Subtraction of Mixed Numbers presentation for PowerPoint or Google Slides and teach with confidence. Sometimes, teachers need a little bit of help, and there's nothing wrong with that. We're glad to lend you a hand! Since Slidesgo is committed to making education better for everyone,...

Multiplying Integers

Download the Multiplying Integers presentation for PowerPoint or Google Slides and teach with confidence. Sometimes, teachers need a little bit of help, and there's nothing wrong with that. We're glad to lend you a hand! Since Slidesgo is committed to making education better for everyone, we've joined hands with educators....

Orange Animated Multi-MK

Marketing comes in different ways. No matter what method you follow, you'll need a presentation for your next meeting, right? Use our template and wow everyone thanks to the animated illustrations we've included. They are from Storyset, our sister project, so the quality is guaranteed! The color palette revolves around...

Meeting with Animated Icons

If you want to look professional and at the same time not bore your colleagues with your meeting presentation, we have the perfect template for you. Explore this black and white design with animated icons with which you can easily structure your meeting and make it very productive. You just...

Motion Graphics App Pitch Deck

You have designed the perfect app for motion graphics, how can you present it now very visually and still keeping your company’s essence? Check out this template for PowerPoint! It’s perfect for an app pitch deck for your product. The 3D shapes floating over the soft slides will make your...

Elegant Workplan

Developing a successful business plan can be challenging, but with the right tools at your disposal, it becomes much simpler. This template is a comprehensive document that allows you to outline your business goals, strategies, and financial projections in a professional and aesthetically pleasing way. The full suite of resources...

Consulting with Morph Transition

You help companies maximize their performance, you help them identify potential areas of improvement, you help them optimize their costs. Ah, what would many businesses do without consultants... And what would many consultants do without Slidesgo? Today is the day we publish this template created exclusively for PowerPoint. Along with...

Athletics Newsletter

Download the Athletics Newsletter presentation for PowerPoint or Google Slides. Attention all marketers! Are you looking for a way to make your newsletters more creative and eye-catching for your target audience? This amazing template is perfect for creating the perfect newsletter that will capture your audience's attention from the get-go....

Animated Mind Maps for Education

Are ideas always flowing in your mind? Representing them in mind maps is a great way of keeping track of them all and organize your thoughts. But just like minds, minds maps must also be interactive and animated! With this template designed specifically for PowerPoint you can put some order...

Organic Shapes Design for Business

Explore the world of creativity with this design. This ingeniously designed template is an ideal match for PowerPoint presentations that demand vibrancy and intuitiveness. It comprises a variety of animated, simple, and interactive elements that bring an enthralling visual experience. Elevate your presentation's appeal with this unique combination of simplicity...

Dividing Integers

Download the Dividing Integers presentation for PowerPoint or Google Slides and teach with confidence. Sometimes, teachers need a little bit of help, and there's nothing wrong with that. We're glad to lend you a hand! Since Slidesgo is committed to making education better for everyone, we've joined hands with educators....

Interactive Digital Marketing Canvas

Ready to change the way you see marketing? Here's a digital and interactive marketing canvas, created entirely in PowerPoint, where each slide is a place in which to create magic, marketing magic. The palette is full of energetic colors, and everything is totally customizable. Run one of the most popular...

• Page 1 of 23

New! Make quick presentations with AI

Slidesgo AI presentation maker puts the power of design and creativity in your hands, so you can effortlessly craft stunning slideshows in minutes.

Register for free and start editing online

Google brings the total solar eclipse to your screen: Here's how to see it

If you aren't able to see the total solar eclipse in your state, you can see it on your screen!

Google has joined in on the eclipse frenzy by adding a cool new animation that gives its users an interactive feel at their own leisure.

In the animation launched Friday, Google users who search about the eclipse can see a graphic overlay depicting what millions on the path of totality will see Monday: the moment when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, revealing just the sun's outermost layer called the corona.

“The moon is having its day in the sun, and people across North America are coming to Google to learn more and celebrate this rare event," Jessica Yu, Google's doodle team lead, told USA TODAY. "We’re excited to mark the 2024 solar eclipse with special experiences on Search for eclipse watchers.”

Yu said that a team of user experience designers created the animation to engage its users.

Science and technology lovers can enjoy the animation by searching specific keywords. Here's what we know.

How can you see Google's total solar eclipse animation?

To see the animation for yourself, users can type the following into the search engine at google.com :

• April 8 eclipse
• Eclipse 2024
• Solar eclipse
• Solar eclipse 2024

Here is what you should see on your screen:

Decoding the sky: A definitive solar eclipse guide for kids (adults also welcome)

When is the total solar eclipse?

On April 8, a total solar eclipse is expected to pass over he United States, Mexico and Canada.

Nearly 28% of the U.S. will experience the eclipse's journey through the country for a few minutes, NASA r eports.

What states will get to see the solar eclipse?

The path of the eclipse will enter the U.S. in Texas, and pass through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, according to NASA, which added that some parts of Michigan and Tennessee will also experience it.

When was the last solar eclipse?

The last total solar eclipse in the U.S. happened on Aug. 21, 2017. In October, skygazers were delighted by a rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse , where the moon slides in front of the sun but doesn't totally obscure it, creating a halo effect.

Ahjané Forbes is a reporter on the National Trending Team at USA TODAY. Ahjané covers breaking news, car recalls, crime, health, lottery and public policy stories. Email her at  [email protected] . Follow her on  Instagram ,  Threads  and  X @forbesfineest.