How to export selected PowerPoint slides to PDF

Lots of people know that you can create a PDF from your PowerPoint presentation using the Save as command. However, it is less well-known that you can export a PDF that includes just your selected slides. Read on to find out how…

Save selected slides as PDF

Select the slides that you want to include in your PDF using the thumbnails in normal view, or in slide sorter view - for example, Slides 2, 5 and 6 (pictured).

Select slides in the PowerPoint thumbnail pane

On the Ribbon, click File > Export 

Select Create PDF/XPS Document then click the Create PDF/XPS button

Create PDF from PowerPoint

In the Publish as PDF or XPS dialog, navigate to where you want to save your PDF, check you are happy with the file name and click the Options button

Choose where to save the PDF document

In the Options dialiog, change the Range to Selection which tells PowerPoint to create the PDF using only the selected slides.

Configure PDF save options

Note: You can also choose to publish Handouts, Notes pages or Outline view from the ‘Publish what’ dropdown.

 

Click OK.

Then click the Publish button to save your PDF file.


Please let us know in the comments below if this tip was helpful, or if you have any questions.

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