PowerPoint files, speaker notes included
PowerPoint to notes
Upload a .pptx and get study notes that read the slide text, the tables and the speaker notes. About 30 seconds, free, no account.
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A PowerPoint file carries more than what shows on screen: every slide has a title placeholder, body text with its bullet levels, tables, and a speaker-notes pane most students never open. Nuutli reads all of it directly from the .pptx, in slide order, then writes notes in the style you choose. Nested bullets stay nested, tables become readable lines, and the speaker notes are folded into the topic they belong to, because that is usually where the lecturer's actual explanation lives. The notes keep every figure and term exactly as the deck wrote them and download as a Word document. Works with PowerPoint for Windows and Mac, PowerPoint Online, and .pptx files exported from Keynote or Google Slides.
Quick facts
What you get, in one list
- Price
- Free. 3 decks a day, no account, no card.
- Sign-up
- None. Upload and read the notes.
- Works on
- Any browser: Mac, Windows, Chromebook, iPad, phone.
- Input
- PowerPoint .pptx from any version; .ppt after Save As .pptx. Slide text, bullet levels, tables and speaker notes are all read.
- Output
- Word (.docx), Markdown, PDF via print, or copy to clipboard.
- Limits
- Up to 80 slides and 20 MB per deck on the free tier.
- Time
- About 30 seconds for a typical lecture.
- Privacy
- Files are processed in memory and never stored. Nothing is used for training.
- Languages
- Notes come back in the language of the slides: English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic and more.
Real example
A microeconomics deck with speaker notes, PowerPoint to bullet notes
The speaker notes on slide 12 held the lecturer's worked example. The notes put it under the topic where it belongs.
Slides in
- Slide 11: Price elasticity of demand
- - PED = % change in quantity demanded / % change in price
- - |PED| > 1 elastic, |PED| < 1 inelastic, = 1 unit elastic
- - Determinants: substitutes, necessity vs luxury, share of income, time horizon
- Slide 12: Elasticity and total revenue
- - Elastic demand: price up, revenue down
- - Inelastic demand: price up, revenue up
- [Speaker notes: Example for the exam: a cinema raises tickets from $10 to $12 and sales fall from 500 to 350. PED = (-30%)/(20%) = -1.5, elastic, and revenue falls from $5,000 to $4,200.]
- Slide 13: [Table] Good | PED | Classification
- | Insulin | -0.1 | inelastic |
- | Restaurant meals | -2.3 | elastic |
- | Gasoline (short run) | -0.3 | inelastic |
Notes out
Price elasticity of demand
- PED = % change in quantity demanded / % change in price.
- |PED| > 1 is elastic, |PED| < 1 is inelastic, |PED| = 1 is unit elastic.
- Determinants: availability of substitutes, necessity vs luxury, share of income, and the time horizon.
Elasticity and total revenue
- Elastic demand: a price rise lowers total revenue.
- Inelastic demand: a price rise raises total revenue.
- Worked example from the lecture: a cinema raises tickets from $10 to $12 and sales fall from 500 to 350. PED = (-30%)/(20%) = -1.5, so demand is elastic, and revenue falls from $5,000 to $4,200.
Elasticity of common goods
- Insulin: PED -0.1, inelastic.
- Restaurant meals: PED -2.3, elastic.
- Gasoline in the short run: PED -0.3, inelastic.
How it works
Make notes from my PowerPoint in three steps
- 1
Save the deck as .pptx
Most decks already are. For an old .ppt, open it in PowerPoint and choose File, Save As, PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx).
- 2
Upload and pick a style
Drop the file on the box. Bullet points is the default for PowerPoint; switch to Cornell, flashcards or study guide for exam prep.
- 3
Download as Word
Read the notes on the page, then download the .docx. Headings, nested bullets and numbered lists come through as real Word styles.
Why PowerPoint files make the best notes
Of the three ways a deck can arrive, the original PowerPoint file is the one that keeps the most. A PDF export flattens the bullet hierarchy and drops the speaker notes; a photo of the screen has no text at all. The .pptx keeps the structure the lecturer built: which lines are titles, which bullets sit under which, what is a table and what is a caption. Nuutli uses that structure, so a three-level bullet list on a slide becomes a three-level list in the notes instead of a wall of text.
Speaker notes are the hidden half of many decks. Lecturers write their explanations, worked examples and exam hints there and then say them out loud. If your lecturer shares the .pptx rather than a PDF, that is the version to upload, and it is worth asking for it.
- PowerPoint's own Outline view only lists the text; it does not summarise, build Cornell columns, or write flashcards.
- A .pptx that is mostly screenshots of another document has little readable text. The source document is the better upload.
- Decks in Spanish, French, German, Arabic or any other language come back as notes in that language, headings included.
In short
To turn a PowerPoint into notes, upload the .pptx to Nuutli and pick a style. It reads the slide text, bullet levels, tables and speaker notes straight from the file, writes the notes in about 30 seconds, and downloads them as Word. Free, no sign-up. Old .ppt files: save as .pptx first.
Last reviewed November 3, 2026 by the Nuutli team.
Frequently asked questions
How do I turn a PowerPoint into notes?+
Upload the .pptx to Nuutli, choose a note style (bullet points by default) and click Make notes. The slide text, bullet levels, tables and speaker notes are read from the file and rewritten as notes in about 30 seconds, ready to download as Word.
Does it work with .ppt files?+
Not directly. The old binary .ppt format needs PowerPoint to open it. Choose File, Save As, and pick PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx), then upload that file. Everything else is the same.
Does it include the speaker notes?+
Yes. Speaker notes are read from the .pptx and treated as what the lecturer said, so a worked example or exam tip written there ends up under the right topic in the notes.
What happens to tables and charts?+
Tables are read cell by cell and written out as readable lines. Charts and pictures have no text to read, so the notes use the slide's title and any caption; a slide that is only a chart is skipped.
Is there a size limit?+
The free tier takes files up to 20 MB and 80 slides. Big decks are usually big because of images; compressing pictures in PowerPoint (File, Compress Pictures) or saving as PDF brings most of them under the limit.
Can I convert PowerPoint to notes in Word format?+
Yes. The download is a real .docx with heading styles, nested bullets and numbered lists, so it opens cleanly in Word, Google Docs, Pages and LibreOffice. Markdown and print-to-PDF are also available.
How is this different from PowerPoint's Outline view?+
Outline view lists the text of every slide as it is. Nuutli rewrites it: it explains bullets in full sentences, merges slides that cover one idea, folds in the speaker notes, and can produce Cornell notes, flashcards, a quiz or a study guide from the same file.
Turn your next lecture into notes
Upload the slides and read the notes in about 30 seconds. Free, no account, the file is never stored.