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ODP is the OpenDocument Presentation format that LibreOffice Impress and Apache OpenOffice Impress save by default, and it is the format Google Slides hands you when you ask for OpenDocument. It is a fine format to edit in and an awkward one to send, because the person on the other end needs an ODF-aware office suite to open it. This converter runs the deck through LibreOffice's own Impress PDF export, so the slides are re-laid-out as PDF pages rather than photographed — text stays real text, hyperlinks stay clickable, and each slide becomes exactly one page.
How to Convert ODP to PDF
- Upload Your ODP File: Drag the
.odponto the page or click "+ Add Files" to browse for it. You can queue several presentations and convert them in one run; each produces its own PDF. - Embed Your Fonts First If the Deck Uses Unusual Ones: In LibreOffice Impress choose File ▸ Properties ▸ Font and tick "Embed fonts in the document" before you upload. Fonts that are not embedded and not installed on the render machine get substituted, which can nudge line breaks.
- Convert the Deck: Click "Convert". Every slide becomes one PDF page at the deck's own slide dimensions — a 16:9 deck stays 16:9, it is not re-flowed onto A4 or Letter.
- Download Your PDF: One deck in, one PDF out. No sign-up, no watermark.
What Survives the Conversion
Measured on a three-slide 16:9 Impress deck exported through the same impress_pdf_Export filter this page uses.
| Slide element | In the exported PDF |
|---|---|
| Title and body text | Real, selectable, searchable text — not a picture of text |
| Fonts | Embedded in the PDF (the file carries FontFile streams) |
| Hyperlinks on text or shapes | Kept as clickable PDF link annotations |
| Images, charts, tables, shapes | Drawn as vector or embedded raster, positioned as on the slide |
| Slide dimensions | Carried over as the PDF page size, not re-paginated to a paper size |
| Document structure | Tagged PDF, which helps screen readers and text reflow |
| Speaker notes | Not exported — the notes pane is dropped |
| Animations, builds, transitions | Dropped; each slide is flattened to its final on-screen state |
| Embedded audio and video | Dropped; PDF pages are static |
ODP vs PDF at a Glance
| Property | ODP | |
|---|---|---|
| Standard body | OASIS OpenDocument; ODF 1.2 also published as ISO/IEC 26300-1:2015 | ISO 32000 |
| Current version | ODF 1.4, approved by OASIS on 6 October 2025 | PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2); this export writes PDF 1.7 |
| Internal structure | ZIP archive of XML parts | Page-description document |
| Still editable as slides | Yes, in Impress or OpenOffice | No — fixed layout |
| Opens without extra software | Needs an ODF-aware app | Any browser or PDF reader |
| Best for | Building and rehearsing a deck | Sending, printing, submitting, archiving |
Frequently Asked Questions
Does each slide become one PDF page?
Yes, one page per slide, in order. A 24-slide deck produces a 24-page PDF. There is no handout mode here that tiles several slides onto a sheet, and notes pages are not appended — if you need a 6-up handout or notes pages, build those in Impress' own File ▸ Export as PDF dialog before uploading, or print to PDF from the Handout view.
Is the text in the PDF selectable, or is it an image?
Selectable. The deck is exported through LibreOffice's PDF filter, not screenshotted, so glyphs are written as text with embedded fonts. You can select, copy, and full-text search the result, and the PDF is written as a tagged document, which is what assistive technology reads. That is the practical difference between this page and the image targets such as ODP to JPG, where every word is flattened to pixels.
Do my speaker notes end up in the PDF?
No. The notes pane is dropped — only the slides themselves are exported. This matches the default behaviour of the Impress PDF filter, where exporting notes pages is an opt-in. If you need the notes, export the deck a second time from Impress with "Export notes pages" ticked, or keep the .odp alongside the PDF.
Will the PDF pages come out A4 or the size of my slides?
The size of your slides. The export takes the slide dimensions straight from the deck, so a widescreen 16:9 presentation produces wide, short PDF pages rather than portrait A4. In our measurement, a 28 × 15.75 cm Impress slide produced a PDF page of 793.7 × 446.5 points, which is exactly that slide size expressed in PostScript points. If you specifically need paper-shaped pages, change the slide size in Impress (Slide ▸ Slide Properties) before converting.
Do hyperlinks in my slides still work in the PDF?
Yes. Text and shape hyperlinks are written into the PDF as link annotations, so they stay clickable in any reader. We confirmed this by exporting a deck with an external https:// link on each slide and finding the corresponding /Link and /URI annotation entries in the output. Internal "go to slide" jumps also become internal page destinations.
Why do my animations and transitions disappear?
Because a PDF page has no timeline. Entrance builds, motion paths, slide transitions, and any embedded audio or video are removed, and each slide is written in the state it reaches once every build has played. So a slide that reveals four bullets one at a time appears in the PDF with all four bullets visible. To keep a deck playable you have to keep the original .odp and present from Impress.
My PDF is too big to email — what should I do?
Slide decks get heavy when they carry full-resolution photographs, and the PDF export keeps those images at the resolution you put in. Either downscale the photographs in the deck before you upload, or run the finished PDF through compress PDF, which re-encodes the embedded images and can cut a photo-heavy deck substantially. Vector-heavy decks — text, charts, shapes — are already small and rarely need either step.
What if my file is a PowerPoint deck or a spreadsheet instead?
This page only accepts .odp. For OpenDocument spreadsheets there is ODS to PDF, which paginates each sheet according to its print range. If you want the slides as pictures rather than as a document, ODP to PNG renders each slide as a sharp, artefact-free raster and ODP to JPG gives you smaller, screen-friendly images.
What happens to my presentation after it is converted?
Your .odp is uploaded over an encrypted connection and converted on our servers — this is a server-side conversion, not a local one. The upload and the finished PDF are deleted automatically a few hours after conversion, no account is required, the output carries no watermark, and your files are never shared or made public.