Import Prezi to PowerPoint

So you have a Prezi presentation, but now you need to open it in PowerPoint instead, because Prezi is not an accepted format in your company, school or organization? Whatever the reason for this might be, the solution to getting Prezi into PowerPoint is not that simple.

The truth is you really can’t import a Prezi into PowerPoint directly as smoothly as it works the other way around and then edit it further in PowerPoint. Prezi only allows to export a presentation in PDF format, which is not a good option if you want to continue to edit your Prezi in PowerPoint.

If you just need to use PowerPoint to present your Prezi and you don’t need to make any further edits in PowerPoint, then it would be best to leave it as a PDF. A PDF file is very simple to present and will work just like PowerPoint.

However if you want to get your Prezi with all text editable into PowerPoint, then the only option is to redo your Prezi in PowerPoint.

Why simply converting a Prezi to PowerPoint automatically is impossible?

A PDF file format tries to keep the appearance of the file, so all the texts and images are usually outlined in vector format. A Prezi presentation exported to PDF will just contain the slides as non-editable images in PDF format.

While normally you are able to edit PDF files, or at least the texts in them, in for example Adobe Illustrator, then a prezi PDF will not even make texts editable.

Adobe does offer a paid solution to convert PDFs into PowerPoint but this requires to sign-up for a monthly subscription, and the end result will be same as in the method described below:

If you still need Prezi as a PPT PowerPoint file:

The good news is that if you really really need to insert a Prezi to PowerPoint then it still can be done free with no cost, however it will require some time as it can’t be done fully automatically and it will only just be images of your Prezi on each slide – no editable text or other content such as shapes.

Basically this will just result in JPG pictures in PPT format. However if you need it, here’s how to achieve it:

1) Export Prezi as PDF

The first step would be to go into the editing mode of your Prezi and click the share button, which is in the top right corner of the screen. Click Download as PDF

2) Copy Each Slide to PowerPoint.

That’s right, you will need to copy each slide from your Prezi into your PowerPoint. Open the PDF you just created and select the slide you would like to export to Prezi. Click on a slide so it becomes highlighted and press CTRL + C, this will copy the slide.

Next open up your PowerPoint and paste it to the slide you need. You can then easily resize the image to exactly fit the screen as Prezi supports and exports both 4:3 and 16:9 slides. You only need to adjust the images from 2 corners, as PowerPoint has a useful snap feature, which will help to fit the image perfectly.

You will need to repeat this for every slide, which can be painful in case you are dealing with lots of slides. However if you are required to present a PowerPoint PPT file format, then this is pretty much one of the only solutions.