Documents conversion
Convert PPTX to Markdown
Updated Jul 2026
PPTX is a PowerPoint presentation, with slides, layout, and images. Markdown is plain text with headings and bullets. To convert PPTX to Markdown, open the file in a converter and export it as Markdown, which pulls out the text content slide by slide. Doing this on your own computer means the presentation never has to leave your machine.
- Extension
- .pptx
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Presentations
- Extension
- .md
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Docs, READMEs, notes
Convert PPTX to Markdown on your own computer. Nothing uploads.
How to convert PPTX to Markdown
- Open Morphjet and drag in the PPTX file or a whole folder of presentations.
- Choose Markdown as the output format.
- Convert. Each slide's text becomes a heading and its bullets, written to a local file with nothing uploaded anywhere.
PPTX vs Markdown: what actually changes
| PPTX | Markdown | |
|---|---|---|
| File size | Larger, holds fonts, images, and layout data | Much smaller, plain text only |
| Visual design | Keeps slide layout, colors, and fonts | None, just structured text |
| Images | Embedded directly in the slide | Saved as separate files and linked from the text |
| Editing | Needs presentation software | Opens and edits in any text editor |
| Tracking changes over time | Hard to diff, it's a packaged file | Easy to diff line by line in tools like git |
When to convert, and when not to
Convert PPTX to Markdown when you want to turn a deck into readable notes, a README, a wiki page, or something you can track in version control alongside your code.
Keep the PPTX if you still need to present it or want people to see the slide design, since Markdown only keeps the words, not the layout, colors, or images in place.
Why not just use an online converter?
Presentations often carry things you'd rather not hand to a stranger's server, like unreleased roadmaps, client names, or internal numbers. An online converter has to upload the whole file to read it. Converting on your own computer means that content stays on your machine the entire time.
Questions
Does converting PPTX to Markdown lose the slide design?
Yes. Markdown has no concept of slide layout, colors, or fonts, so only the text content comes across, organized by heading and bullet.
What happens to the images in my slides?
They're saved as separate image files next to the Markdown and linked from the text, so they still show up when the file is rendered, just not laid out the way they were on the slide.
Are speaker notes included?
Yes, they can be carried over as plain text under each slide's heading, so you don't lose the talking points even though the visuals are gone.
Can I convert a PPTX to Markdown without uploading it anywhere?
Yes. A desktop app like Morphjet reads and converts the file locally, so the presentation never travels over the internet.
Why would I want a presentation as Markdown at all?
It's useful when you want the content in a format you can search, edit as text, or store in the same place as your code and docs.
Morphjet converts PPTX, Markdown, and 1,800+ other formats, all on your machine. Launching this July.