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PowerPoint to Google Slides

Google Slides imports a .pptx quietly — and quietly drops things. Missing fonts get substituted, animations simplify, SmartArt flattens, embedded video disappears. Drop your deck here for a slide-by-slide report of what will change, then follow the two-minute import.

Import checker

Reads your .pptx here in the browser and reports what Google Slides will do to it

Drop a .pptx to check it

Fonts, media, SmartArt, animation, charts, macros and slide size

Stays on your device — nothing is uploaded.

Checks
Fonts, media, SmartArt, animation, size
Input
.pptx
Upload
None — runs in your browser

How to use it

  1. 01/03

    Scan the deck

    Drop your .pptx in. Every slide is checked for the things Google Slides handles differently.

  2. 02/03

    Fix what matters

    Swap non-web fonts and flatten SmartArt to images before importing — both are far easier to fix in PowerPoint than after the import.

  3. 03/03

    Import it

    Upload to Google Drive, then right-click the file and choose Open with > Google Slides. Slides converts it into a native deck.

    Keep the original .pptx. The conversion is one-way, and the copy in Drive stops matching your source file the moment either changes.

Good to know

Does converting change my original file?

No. Google Drive creates a separate Slides document and leaves the .pptx untouched. From that point they are two unlinked files.

Why did my fonts change?

Google Slides only has its own web font library. Any typeface installed locally on your machine — most of the Microsoft set included — is substituted, which reflows text and can overflow boxes.

What never survives the import?

Embedded audio and video, macros, most custom animation paths, 3-D models and slide transitions beyond the basic set. SmartArt converts to ordinary grouped shapes and usually looks wrong.