{"id":2748,"date":"2023-06-14T02:57:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T02:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/support\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2748"},"modified":"2025-07-15T17:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:08:22","slug":"how-to-create-pdf-slideshow-from-powerpoint-slides","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/support\/article\/how-to-create-pdf-slideshow-from-powerpoint-slides\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Create A PDF Slideshow From PowerPoint Slides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A common use case we often hear of is customers wanting to display PowerPoint slides on TV screens in their business.<br \/>\nDisplaying Office 365 documents like this on TV screens comes with a number of issues.<\/p>\n<p>These problems include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Requiring each and every device to have to sign in to the Microsoft website, which is painful when you have a large number of devices in remote locations<\/li>\n<li>Requiring manual configuration using the PowerPoint software (not the website) to enable options like &#8220;Auto Advance&#8221; and &#8220;Looping&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Slow load times and performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PowerPoint is not designed to display documents in a looping configuration like this and In recent years <strong>Microsoft has removed the ability to create a slide show using the web PowerPoint\u00a0 interface entirely<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A much cleaner and faster approach that we recommend instead is to export the document as a PDF and use our PDF app, which is designed to display documents in a slide show format on screens around your business.<\/p>\n<p>VuePilot makes this easy with our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/pdf-slideshow-software\">PDF slideshow functionality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is very simple, with just 2 steps and takes less than a minute to configure.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s how<\/p>\n<h2>Step 1: Export Your Document As PDF<\/h2>\n<p>From the Microsoft interface (we&#8217;re using the Microsoft 365 online interface here)\u00a0 click\u00a0<strong>File &gt; Save As &gt; Download as PDF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2749\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/save-as-pdf-1024x175.jpg\" alt=\"Download As PDF\" width=\"699\" height=\"119\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Step 2: Create Your PDF App<\/h2>\n<p>From the VuePilot dashboard, Click <strong>Apps &gt;\u00a0 Create New App &gt; Select PDF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the PDF apps configuration screen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give the app a useful name<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;<strong>Media Manager<\/strong>&#8221; button<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;<strong>Upload&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>button and select your newly exported PowerPoint PDF<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;<strong>Select&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong> button next to the new PDF item listed<\/li>\n<li>Select the amount of time you want each slide to appear for before transitioning to the next slide from the &#8220;<strong>Slide Interval<\/strong>&#8221; option.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, click <strong>Save<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Optionally, you can click the &#8220;<strong>Assign To Rotation<\/strong>&#8221; button to assign the PDF slide show to your existing rotations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-14-125210-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"PDF App\" width=\"699\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-14-125210-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-14-125210-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-14-125210-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-14-125210-480x286.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-14-125210-568x338.jpg 568w, https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-14-125210-580x345.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-14-125210-479x285.jpg 479w, https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-14-125210.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common use case we often hear of is customers wanting to display PowerPoint slides on TV screens in their business. 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