PPTX to Text
Extract the text from a .pptx in slide order, including speaker notes and table cells. Useful for checking a deck reads properly, turning slides into a script, or finding text that is buried in a shape someone forgot to export. Runs in your browser — the deck is never uploaded.
Inserts a “Slide 3” line before the text of each slide, in true slide order.
Notes are listed under the slide they belong to. The slide-number placeholder is skipped.
A table becomes one line per row, with cells separated by tabs so it pastes into a spreadsheet cleanly.
Useful on decks exported from Keynote, which often contain a slide per image.
How pptx to text works
- Add your deckDrop in a .pptx. Furtu confirms it is a ZIP-based Office file, then lists the slide parts it contains.
- Choose the detail you wantSlide labels, speaker notes, table rows and whether empty slides are worth keeping.
- Download the textOne plain-text file with every slide in order, plus a slide count so you know nothing was missed.
What you get
Read the words out of a PowerPoint deck, slide by slide. Everything happens inside this page: the file is read by your browser, transformed in memory and handed straight back to you as a download. There is no upload queue, no waiting for a server, and nothing left behind when you close the tab.
Supported formats
Furtu accepts .pptx files up to 100 MB each — one file at a time.
- Every file is checked against its real file signature, not just its name, so a renamed or corrupt file is rejected with an explanation instead of failing halfway through.
- Files over the limit are refused up front rather than after a long wait.
Limitations, stated up front
- Images, video, audio and animations are ignored; a slide made only of pictures contributes no text.
- Reading order follows the XML, which is usually top-to-bottom but is not guaranteed for free-floating shapes that overlap. Overlapping callouts can come out interleaved.
- Slide masters and layouts are not extracted, so placeholder prompt text that was never replaced is not reported.
- Notes are matched to slides by number, which holds for files produced by PowerPoint and by normal exports. A deck that has had slides reordered by a script that rewrote the parts could pair a note with the wrong slide.
Frequently asked questions
Are the slides in the right order?
Yes. Slide files are named slide1.xml, slide2.xml and so on, and a naive alphabetical sort would put slide10 before slide2. Furtu sorts on the number, so the order you see is the order PowerPoint shows.
Where is the text in a slide stored?
Each slide is its own XML part, with the visible words in drawing-text elements. Titles, body placeholders, free text boxes, grouped shapes and table cells are all read, which is why a deck that “has no text” in a naive export usually does have some.
Can I get the speaker notes too?
Yes — turn on “Include speaker notes”. They live in a separate notes part per slide, and each one is matched back to its slide by number. Placeholder text such as the slide number is skipped so you get the notes, not the furniture.
What if a slide has no text at all?
Then it is a picture slide, and there is nothing to extract. Leave “Skip slides with no text” off to see where they are, or switch it on if you only want the slides that carry words.
Are my presentation slides uploaded?
No. The slides are unzipped and read in your browser, which matters for decks, because a slide deck is often the most sensitive document in a company — unreleased strategy, salaries, unannounced plans.