Convert PDF to PowerPoint in .NET

Overview

This article explains how to convert PDF to PowerPoint using C#. It covers these topics.

Format: PPTX

Format: PowerPoint

The following code snippet also work with Aspose.PDF.Drawing library.

C# PDF to PowerPoint and PPTX Conversion

Aspose.PDF for .NET lets you track the progress of PDF to PPTX conversion.

We have an API named Aspose.Slides which offers the feature to create as well as manipulate PPT/PPTX presentations. This API also provides the feature to convert PPT/PPTX files to PDF format. Recently we received requirements from many of our customers to support the capability of PDF transformation to PPTX format. Starting release of Aspose.PDF for .NET 10.3.0, we have introduced a feature to transform PDF documents to PPTX format. During this conversion, the individual pages of the PDF file are converted to separate slides in the PPTX file.

During PDF to PPTX conversion, the text is rendered as Text where you can select/update it. Please note that in order to convert PDF files to PPTX format, Aspose.PDF provides a class named PptxSaveOptions. An object of the PptxSaveOptions class is passed as a second argument to the Document.Save(..) method. The following code snippet shows the process for converting PDF files into PPTX format.

Simple conversion PDF to PowerPoint using C# and Aspose.PDF .NET

In order to convert PDF to PPTX, Aspose.PDF for .NET advice to use the following code steps.

Steps: Convert PDF to PowerPoint in C# | Steps: Convert PDF to PPTX in C#

Create an instance of Document class.
Create an instance of PptxSaveOptions class.
Use the Save method of the Document object to save the PDF as PPTX.

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void ConvertPDFToPPTX()
{
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf();
    // Open the source PDF document
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document(dataDir + "input.pdf"))
    {
        // Instantiate PptxSaveOptions object
        var saveOptions = new Aspose.Pdf.PptxSaveOptions();

        // Save the file in PPTX format
        document.Save(dataDir + "PDFToPPT_out.pptx", saveOptions);
    }
}

Convert PDF to PPTX with Slides as Images

Try to convert PDF to PowerPoint online

Aspose.PDF for .NET presents you online free application “PDF to PPTX”, where you may try to investigate the functionality and quality it works.

In case if you need to convert a searchable PDF to PPTX as images instead of selectable text, Aspose.PDF provides such a feature via Aspose.Pdf.PptxSaveOptions class. To achieve this, set property SlidesAsImages of PptxSaveOptios class to ’true’ as shown in the following code sample.

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void ConvertPDFToPPTWithSlidesAsImages()
{
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf();
    // Open the source PDF document
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document(dataDir + "input.pdf"))
    {
        // Instantiate PptxSaveOptions object
        var saveOptions = new Aspose.Pdf.PptxSaveOptions
        {
            SlidesAsImages = true
        };

        // Save the file in PPTX format with slides as images
        document.Save(dataDir + "PDFToPPT_out_.pptx", saveOptions);
    }
}

Progress Detail of PPTX Conversion

Aspose.PDF for .NET lets you track the progress of PDF to PPTX conversion. The Aspose.Pdf.PptxSaveOptions class provides CustomProgressHandler property that can be specified to a custom method for tracking the progress of conversion as shown in the following code sample.

 // For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void ConvertPDFToPPTWithCustomProgressHandler()
{
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf();
    // Open the source PDF document
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document(dataDir + "input.pdf"))
    {

        // Instantiate PptxSaveOptions object
        var saveOptions = new Aspose.Pdf.PptxSaveOptions();

        // Specify custom progress handler
        saveOptions.CustomProgressHandler = ShowProgressOnConsole;

        // Save the file in PPTX format with progress tracking
        document.Save(dataDir + "PDFToPPTWithProgressTracking_out_.pptx", saveOptions);
    }
}

 // Define the method to handle progress events and display them on the console
private static void ShowProgressOnConsole(Aspose.Pdf.UnifiedSaveOptions.ProgressEventHandlerInfo eventInfo)
{
    switch (eventInfo.EventType)
    {
        case Aspose.Pdf.ProgressEventType.TotalProgress:
            // Display overall progress of the conversion
            Console.WriteLine($"{DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay}  - Conversion progress: {eventInfo.Value}%.");
            break;

        case Aspose.Pdf.ProgressEventType.ResultPageCreated:
            // Display progress of the page layout creation
            Console.WriteLine($"{DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay}  - Result page {eventInfo.Value} of {eventInfo.MaxValue} layout created.");
            break;

        case Aspose.Pdf.ProgressEventType.ResultPageSaved:
            // Display progress of the page being exported
            Console.WriteLine($"{DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay}  - Result page {eventInfo.Value} of {eventInfo.MaxValue} exported.");
            break;

        case Aspose.Pdf.ProgressEventType.SourcePageAnalysed:
            // Display progress of the source page analysis
            Console.WriteLine($"{DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay}  - Source page {eventInfo.Value} of {eventInfo.MaxValue} analyzed.");
            break;

        default:
            break;
    }
}