Insert a PDF in PowerPoint

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Do you want to create a PowerPoint presentation and insert a PDF file into it? You can do that with just a few clicks.

A PDF file can be inserted into a PowerPoint presentation in just a few simple steps.
A PDF file can be inserted into a PowerPoint presentation in just a few simple steps. © Paul-Georg_Meister / Pixelio

Paste PDF into PowerPoint - this is how it works with copying

If you want to insert a PDF file in PowerPoint, you can use the screenshot function. This is particularly useful if you have Adobe Reader 7.

  1. If you want to insert a PDF file in PowerPoint, you must first open it with Adobe Reader.
  2. Select the "Tools" function in the Adobe Reader menu and click on the "General" menu item.
  3. Here you will find the "Select" function. In your PDF document, select the part of the file that you want to insert into the PowerPoint presentation.
  4. You then have to select the marked area with a left click and then click on "Copy" in the menu that appears.
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  6. Now open your PowerPoint document and choose the page on which the PDF file should be inserted.
  7. Now click on "Start" in the PowerPoint menu and then on "Insert". The selected area should now appear so that you can move and position it individually.

Insert a graphic from the PDF file

  1. If you want to insert a graphic from the PDF file into the PowerPoint presentation, you must use the screenshot function.
  2. To do this, open the PDF with Adobe Reader and select the "Snapshot" tool in the "Tools" menu.
  3. Scroll to the page of the document that has the graphic you want to copy.
  4. With a pressed toll button you now have to draw a rectangle around the graphic. When the correct area is selected, you can release the mouse button and the selected area has been copied to the clipboard.
  5. The clipboard must now be inserted into the presentation. To do this, open PowerPoint and insert it by clicking on "Insert" in the "Start" menu.

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