Convert PowerPoint to TXT
Pull readable content from your PowerPoint file into TXT, leaving page layout, fonts and images behind.
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PowerPoint to TXT Conversion Overview
qlot extracts slide content from PowerPoint into TXT, keeping words, paragraph breaks, headings, list text, table text, labels, captions, and reading order while dropping fonts, page layout, and images.
Some slide content can be stored as images instead of characters, so qlot uses text recognition on image-only areas. Multi-column pages can have more than one reading path, so qlot reconstructs a practical text order and dense layouts can still interleave lines.
Built for scripts, search indexing, model input, and plain-text slide archives for reusable text workflows. Image-only areas use text recognition, with accuracy depending on how sharp, straight, and readable the source is.
Readable text retained
Words found in the PowerPoint source are carried into TXT in reading order for copying, searching and reuse.
Layout is removed
Page positioning, fonts, images and decorative layout are discarded because TXT is built around content rather than page appearance.
Structure where possible
The TXT output focuses on plain readable text rather than recreating the source page design.
Focused extraction
Use PowerPoint to TXT when the words matter more than reproducing the visual appearance of the original file.
Saved in My Files
Converted files remain available in My Files for 1 day on Preview and up to 30 days on Team.
Expect reading order
Complex columns, floating objects or unusual source layouts can affect the order in which extracted text appears.
How to convert PowerPoint to TXT
Add your file
Drop your PowerPoint file onto the box above, or select it from your device. Upload starts when you begin the conversion.
Convert
We extract readable words from PowerPoint in reading order and write them to TXT. Visual page layout and styling are deliberately removed.
Download
Your TXT text file is ready to download.
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Contact salesFrequently asked questions
Questions about extracting PowerPoint content to TXT.
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Contact us01What gets lost when PowerPoint becomes TXT?
Fonts, images, precise positioning, page design, and other visual formatting are intentionally discarded. TXT keeps readable words in a linear text stream. That is useful for copying, search, analysis, or scripts, but it is not intended to reproduce how the PowerPoint looked.
02What if the PowerPoint text is inside an image?
Yes. This conversion uses text recognition for image-based content. Clear, straight text with good contrast is read most accurately. Blur, handwriting, decorative fonts, low resolution, or text crossing a complex background can produce mistakes that should be checked in the TXT output.
03Can I search TXT converted from PowerPoint?
Yes. TXT is plain text, so the recovered words can be searched, copied, edited, indexed, or passed into scripts and other text-processing tools. The tradeoff is that the original visual layout is gone, so use the source file when presentation still matters.
04Why is PowerPoint text in the wrong order?
Slides can contain many independent text boxes with no single stored reading path. When they are flattened into TXT, the converter has to infer an order from their positions. Slides with side notes, columns, or layered boxes are the most likely to need rearranging.
05Why convert PowerPoint to TXT instead of copying text?
TXT gives you one clean text output without the visual formatting carried by PowerPoint. That is useful for search, scripts, indexing, analysis, or other pipelines where copied fragments and page styling would only get in the way. Keep the source when layout still matters.
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Supported conversions
Keynote
VTT
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