PDF files are great for presenting on different types of devices and sharing across platforms, but it has to admit that editing PDF is a bit challenging. When you receive a PDF file and need to prepare a presentation based on the content inside, it is recommended to convert the PDF file to a PowerPoint document to have a better presentation effect and also to ensure the content can be further edited. This article will demonstrate how to programmatically convert PDF to PowerPoint presentation using Spire.PDF for .NET.

Install Spire.PDF for .NET

To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.PDF for.NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLLs files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.

PM> Install-Package Spire.PDF

Convert PDF to PowerPoint Presentation in C# and VB.NET

From Version 8.11.10, Spire.PDF for .NET supports converting PDF to PPTX using PdfDocument.SaveToFile() method. With this method, each page of your PDF file will be converted to a single slide in PowerPoint. Below are the steps to convert a PDF file to an editable PowerPoint document.

• Create a PdfDocument instance.
• Load a sample PDF document using PdfDocument.LoadFromFile() method.
• Save the document as a PowerPoint document using PdfDocument.SaveToFile(string filename, FileFormat.PPTX) method.

using Spire.Pdf;

namespace PDFtoPowerPoint
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create a PdfDocument instance
            PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument();

            //Load a sample PDF document
            pdf.LoadFromFile(@"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Sample.pdf");

            //Convert the PDF to PPTX document
            pdf.SaveToFile("ConvertPDFtoPowerPoint.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX);
        }
    }
}

Imports Spire.Pdf

Namespace PDFtoPowerPoint
    Class Program
        Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Create a PdfDocument instance
            Dim pdf As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument

            'Load a sample PDF document
            pdf.LoadFromFile("C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Sample.pdf")

            'Convert the PDF to PPTX document
            pdf.SaveToFile("ConvertPDFtoPowerPoint.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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