About the ODP to PDF
ODP is the presentation format of LibreOffice Impress and OpenOffice. This tool opens an ODP file in your browser and writes a PDF with one page for each slide, showing the slide title, the text with its bullet levels, tables as text lines and the pictures in reading order. It is a handout-style PDF, not a picture of the slides: backgrounds, colours, fonts, animations and speaker notes are not included. That makes it a quick way to share the content, search it and print it on few pages. The file is read on your device and never uploaded.
Updated October 2026
How to use the ODP to PDF
- 1Press Select ODP file, or drop your .odp presentation on the page.
- 2Choose A4 or Letter and the text size.
- 3Add a title at the top if you like.
- 4Press Convert to PDF.
- 5Download the PDF and look through the slides.
What this converter is for
If you need the words and pictures from a presentation in a form that anyone can open, a text-based PDF is ideal. It lets people search for a phrase, copy a sentence, read on a phone and print on a few pages. For a pixel-perfect copy of the slides, export to PDF from LibreOffice Impress itself.
How slides are laid out
Every slide starts a new page with a small label such as Slide 3 of 12. The slide title is shown as a heading. The body text follows in reading order, with bullet points indented at the level used in the slide. Pictures are placed after the text of the slide that holds them.
- Slide label and title
- Text and bullet levels
- Pictures in order
- Tables as simple text lines
What is left out
Backgrounds, colours, fonts, shapes, charts, animations, transitions, audio, video and speaker notes are not part of the output. If a slide holds only a drawing or a chart, its page may say that the slide has no text or pictures.
Tips for good handouts
Give each slide a real title in Impress, because titles become headings in the PDF. Use the outline view for lists, so bullet levels are recognised. Add alternative text and short captions next to pictures, since a handout has no speaker to explain them.
Phone and computer
On a phone, pick the ODP from your files and save the PDF afterwards. On a computer, drop the file on the page. Presentations with many large photographs take a little longer because the pictures are embedded.
Good to know
The reading order follows the order of objects on each slide in the file, which is usually the order you created them. If a slide's order looks odd, rearrange the objects in Impress before converting. Tables are converted to plain text lines, one row per line. A PDF keeps slides looking the same everywhere, and other files may need the same. Use PPTX to PDF for PowerPoint decks, ODT to PDF for text documents, and Word to PDF for Microsoft documents.
Features
- One page per slide
- Slide titles, text and bullet levels
- JPG and PNG pictures included
- Speaker notes are never included
- A4 or Letter with page numbers
- Private: stays on your device
Frequently asked questions
Does the PDF look like my slides?
No. It is a clean handout with the content of each slide: title, text, lists and pictures. Backgrounds, theme colours, fonts, animations and exact positions are not reproduced.
Are my speaker notes in the PDF?
No. Notes are left out on purpose, so private remarks are not shared by accident.
Which pictures are included?
JPG and PNG pictures stored in the file. Other picture types, drawings made of shapes, charts and videos are not included.
Why would I want a handout instead of an exact copy?
Handouts are smaller, searchable and print several slides worth of content on a few pages. They suit sharing a summary, studying or archiving.
Can it open password-protected ODP files?
No. Remove the password in LibreOffice first.
Is my presentation uploaded?
No. The file is converted in your browser.