---
name: "pdf123-pdf-to-presentation"
description: "Convert a PDF into a PowerPoint/ODP presentation. Runs the PDF123 \"PDF to Presentation\" tool (pdf123.xyz) over its REST API with curl, no account needed. Use when the user wants this done to their file. Also known as: PDF 转演示文稿, PDF a presentación, PDF से प्रस्तुति, PDF إلى عرض تقديمي, PDF para apresentação, PDF ke presentasi, PDF vers présentation, PDF в презентацию, PDFからプレゼン, PDF in Präsentation, PDF를 프레젠테이션으로, PDF sang bản trình bày, PDF'den sunuma, PDF 轉簡報, PDF in presentazione, PDF เป็นงานนำเสนอ, PDF na prezentację, PDF у презентацію, PDF naar presentatie, PDF ke pembentangan, PDF till presentation, PDF σε παρουσίαση, PDF към презентация, PDF a presentació, PDF kuwa wasilisho."
compatibility: "Needs curl 7.76+ and outbound HTTPS to pdf123.xyz, or PDFX_API_BASE pointing at a self-hosted pdfx-server."
---

# PDF to Presentation (PDF123)

Convert a PDF into a PowerPoint/ODP presentation.

Web version: https://pdf123.xyz/pdf-to-presentation · All tools: https://pdf123.xyz/skills/pdf123.md

## When to use

- Get a rough PPTX from a text-layer PDF handout
- Move a PDF one-pager into Impress for further editing
- Produce ODP when the next tool is LibreOffice-only

## Run it

Replace the sample file names and values with the user's, then run:

```bash
API="${PDFX_API_BASE:-https://pdf123.xyz}"
curl -sS --fail-with-body -X POST "$API/api/v1/convert/pdf/presentation" \
  -F "fileInput=@input.pdf" \
  -F "outputFormat=pptx" \
  --output-dir "pdf123-output/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)" --create-dirs -OJ -w '%{filename_effective} %{content_type}\n'
```

## Inputs

Everything is `multipart/form-data`. The command above already sends each field with its default; keep them all and change only the values the user asked for, since some endpoints reject a missing optional field.

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `fileInput` | file | yes | | .pdf (one file) |
| `outputFormat` | choice | no | `pptx` | Output format. One of: `pptx` (PPTX), `ppt` (PPT), `odp` (ODP) |

## Result

curl saves the result in a new `pdf123-output/<timestamp>/` directory under the server's file name and prints its path and content type. Several output files come back as one ZIP. Tell the user where the file is.

## Limits

- Not a faithful slide reconstruction
- Not OCR
- Password-protected files need the password; API callers run Unlock first
- Upload limit on this website: 500 MB per file, sent in chunks above about 95 MB. A single direct API request body is capped at 100 MB.

## Errors

- A non-zero curl exit means the request failed. The saved file then holds `application/problem+json`; read it and report its `detail` to the user instead of retrying blindly.
- `413`: the upload exceeds 100 MiB. `429`: wait for `Retry-After` seconds, then retry once.
- Send `X-API-KEY: $PDFX_API_KEY` only if the user has a PDF123 API key; anonymous calls work without it.

## Privacy

Files are uploaded to the API host, processed, and deleted once the response is sent. For confidential files, ask before uploading, or use a self-hosted server via `PDFX_API_BASE`.