Source-aware summarization
Extract the central points, evidence, and structure from long documents without manually copying sections into slides.
PDF to presentation
Turn any PDF into an editable presentation with AI
Upload a report, whitepaper, guide, research paper, or other text-based PDF. Pekto identifies the important ideas, turns them into a clear slide narrative, and gives you an editable presentation instead of a stack of screenshots.
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Start with a PDF
Reports
Whitepapers
Research papers
Guides
Structure
Edit
Export
A presentation built from the meaning of your PDF — not just its pages
A useful PDF-to-presentation workflow should do more than convert each page into an image. Pekto reads the source, condenses repetitive detail, preserves the important argument, and creates slides that are designed to be presented.
Editable slide content
Change titles, rewrite copy, reorder slides, swap layouts, and refine the deck after generation.
Presentation-first structure
Turn dense sections into headlines, supporting points, visual summaries, and a logical slide sequence.
How it works
From source content to presentation in three steps
01
Upload your PDF
Choose a text-based PDF such as a report, guide, whitepaper, research paper, proposal, or briefing document.
02
Pekto builds the story
AI analyzes the document, finds the strongest ideas, removes repetition, and maps the content into a slide-by-slide narrative.
03
Edit and export
Review the generated deck, adjust the wording and layout, then present from Pekto or export to formats such as PowerPoint and PDF.
Useful when the PDF is too dense to present as-is
Executive reports
Turn a long internal or client report into a concise leadership presentation.
Research summaries
Convert a paper or literature review into slides for class, a seminar, or a research update.
Whitepapers
Repurpose a thought-leadership PDF into a presentation for webinars, sales conversations, or events.
Proposals and briefs
Create a clean presentation version of a detailed proposal without rebuilding every section manually.
Related Pekto workflows
Keep working from the same source
Move between presentations, carousels, tools, and templates without starting the content process again.
FAQ
Questions about this workflow
Can AI turn a PDF into a PowerPoint presentation?+
Yes. Pekto can use the text and structure inside a PDF to create an editable presentation, which you can review and export to PowerPoint. The goal is to turn the ideas into a presentation rather than simply turning PDF pages into images.
Will every PDF page become one slide?+
No. Pekto is designed to create a presentation narrative from the source. A long page may become several slides, while repetitive or low-value sections can be condensed into a smaller number of slides.
Does it work with scanned PDFs?+
Text-based PDFs work best because their content can be extracted directly. Image-only or heavily scanned PDFs may require OCR before the text can be interpreted reliably.
Can I edit the presentation after it is generated?+
Yes. The generated deck is editable in Pekto, so you can change text, rearrange slides, adjust layouts, and refine the visual treatment before exporting.
What kinds of PDFs are best for this workflow?+
Reports, whitepapers, research papers, proposals, guides, briefing documents, and other content-heavy PDFs are especially well suited because they usually contain more material than should appear on slides verbatim.