PPTX to TXT converter
Convert PowerPoint to plain text free online. Extract all slide text from PPTX files into a clean .txt file. No signup, instant conversion.
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About Plain Text File
Common Use Cases
- Extracting text content from PowerPoint presentations
- Creating searchable text versions of slide decks
- Feeding presentation content into processing tools
PowerPoint files contain valuable text content buried inside a visual format. When you need to search, index, or process that content, converting to TXT pulls out all the readable text from every slide, leaving behind the graphics, transitions, and layout.
PPTX is a visual presentation format with slides, shapes, and animations. TXT extracts only the text content, discarding all visual elements and structure.
Why Convert PPTX to TXT?
Search presentation content
Plain text is instantly searchable with grep, your editor, or any search tool. Find specific content across hundreds of slides without clicking through them.
Repurpose slide content
Pull the text out of a deck and reuse it in emails, documents, blog posts, or any other format without manual copy-paste from each slide.
Process with scripts and tools
Feed slide content into translation tools, word counters, NLP pipelines, or any tool that expects plain text input.
No PowerPoint required to read
Recipients without PowerPoint can read the content in any text editor. Useful for quick content sharing without software dependencies.
When to use each
Keep as PPTX when...
- Visual presentation matters
- Charts and diagrams carry meaning
- The deck is being presented or edited
- Animations and transitions are used
- Speaker notes pair with specific slides
Convert to TXT when...
- You need just the text content
- Searching or indexing slide content
- Repurposing content for other formats
- Processing text with scripts
- Sharing content without PowerPoint
Common use cases
- Extracting text content from PowerPoint presentations
- Creating searchable text versions of slide decks
- Feeding presentation content into processing tools
How to use
- Upload your PPTX file. Drag and drop a .pptx file, or click to browse. Files up to 500 MB are supported.
- Start the conversion. Click Convert File. LibreOffice reads each slide and extracts the text content, stripping all visual formatting, images, and layout.
- Download your TXT. Save the plain-text file. Files are deleted from our servers within 1 hour.
Frequently asked questions
- Are speaker notes included?
- Speaker notes text is typically extracted alongside slide body text.
- What about images and charts?
- Images, charts, and other visual elements are stripped. Only text content is extracted.
- Will slide numbers be in the output?
- Slide numbering depends on how the presentation was structured. Text from each slide appears sequentially in the output.
- Does it work with .ppt files?
- This tool accepts .pptx files (PowerPoint 2007+). For older .ppt files, convert to .pptx in PowerPoint first.
- What encoding is the output?
- The output is UTF-8 encoded plain text.
- Is there a file size limit?
- Yes. The maximum file size is 500 MB per file.
- Is this free?
- Yes. Free users get a daily conversion allowance. Registered accounts get higher limits, and Premium or Lifetime members get unlimited conversions.