Extract notes from PowerPoint.
Drop a deck and get every speaker note back with its slide number and title. Free, with no sign-up.
Your file is read in this browser and never uploaded.Read in your browser, never uploaded.
How to extract notes from PowerPoint. Three steps, all in your browser.
Drop the deck.
Drag in a .pptx, choose it from your files or paste a copied file. Files up to 2 GB, any number of slides.
Every note on its slide.
Extract speaker notes from PowerPoint with each slide's number and title. Hidden slides are flagged.
Take it where it goes next.
Download the script as text or Word, or copy all of it at once.
Sub-second extraction. Even for massive, media-heavy decks.
Structured for presenting. The structure your script actually needs.
Nested notes keep their outline hierarchy.
Indented bullets, numbered steps, and nested talking points retain their exact levels in Word (.docx) and text (.txt) files instead of flattening into a wall of text.
Hidden slides, flagged in your script.
Backup and appendix slides stay in your notes marked as [Hidden]. Tell your main talk apart from Q&A material instantly, or toggle them out of the export.
Deam vs other notes extractors. Your deck never leaves your device.
| Compared on | Deam | PowerPoint | extractpptnotes | SlideSpeak | SlideModel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deck stays on your device | DeamYes | PowerPointYes | extractpptnotesUploaded | SlideSpeakUploaded | SlideModelYes |
| Browser-based (no install) | DeamYes | PowerPointDesktop app | extractpptnotesYes | SlideSpeakYes | SlideModelYes |
| Word export | DeamYes | PowerPointSlide pictures | extractpptnotesText file | SlideSpeakText file | SlideModelPro plan |
| Free, no sign-up | DeamYes | PowerPointPaid license | extractpptnotesYes | SlideSpeakYes | SlideModel5 slides only |
Questions about extracting speaker notes.
Is my presentation uploaded anywhere?
No. Your deck is opened and read directly inside this browser tab, and your notes are exported right there. Once loaded, it even works completely offline without an internet connection. Neither your presentation nor your notes are ever sent to a server.
If you want to see it for yourself: press F12, choose the Network tab, and drop your deck: no file leaves your computer.
How do I copy all speaker notes at once?
Drop your deck (or choose your file) and select "Copy all". Every note lands in your clipboard as clean plain text, organized under its slide number and title, ready to paste into any document, email, or chat. On mobile, "Copy all" is the primary button.
Can I export PowerPoint notes to Word without the slides?
Yes. Select Word as your format and download. The document creates a Heading 1 for each slide with notes (so Word’s Navigation Pane instantly outlines them), followed by your notes with indented sub-points preserved, completely without slide pictures. By contrast, PowerPoint’s built-in "Create Handouts" always forces a slide image beside or above the notes.
How do I print PowerPoint notes without the slides, or save them as a PDF?
Select Word as your format and download the file. You get a notes-only document where each slide with notes has its own clean heading. Open it in Word to print it directly, or choose File > Save As > PDF.
PowerPoint’s built-in Notes Pages print forces the slide picture onto every single page. Microsoft’s official workaround is deleting the slide thumbnail manually in Notes Page view, one slide at a time.
How do I export notes with PowerPoint’s built-in tools?
“Create Handouts” sends notes along with a picture of each slide to Word:
1. In PowerPoint for Windows: Go to File > Export > Create Handouts and click Create Handouts.
2. Choose “Notes next to slides” or “Notes below slides”, keep Paste selected, and confirm with OK.
“Print Notes Pages” produces a document with the slide above and notes below:
1. Go to File > Print, open “Full Page Slides” under Settings, and select “Notes Pages”.
2. Choose “Microsoft Print to PDF” as the printer and select “Print”.
Both built-in routes force a slide picture onto every page. Alternatively, a VBA macro can extract notes to a text file, provided company security policies permit macros.
Which files and browsers work?
Any PowerPoint presentation from PowerPoint 2007 or later (.pptx, .pptm, etc.). Older .ppt files can simply be saved as .pptx first, and in Keynote or Google Slides, just export your deck as a .pptx. Password-protected presentations need their password removed.
Nothing is installed: the tool runs directly in your web browser on both Windows and Mac (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari).
Can I export the notes as plain text?
Yes. Plain text is the default: downloading saves a clean .txt file with each slide’s number and title above its notes. Clicking “Copy all” puts the exact same text directly onto your clipboard. If you want a formatted document instead, simply choose Word (.docx) under format.
Is there a size or slide limit?
No, there is no slide limit. The tool processes presentations with any number of slides and file sizes up to 2 GB. Because it extracts only the relevant text structures and skips heavy media, even a 1 GB deck packed with high-res images or video finishes in under a second.
Does the tool find slide titles if a slide has no title placeholder?
Yes. If a standard PowerPoint title placeholder exists, it uses that. If a slide was built using custom text boxes (common in corporate and consulting templates), the tool automatically identifies the largest text line as the title. Standalone metrics, percentages, or slide numbers are intelligently ignored. Slides with no text at all are simply listed by their slide number.
What content is excluded from the export?
The tool extracts strictly from the speaker notes pane below each slide. Content on the slides themselves (such as text boxes, charts, or tables) is ignored, and review comments live in a separate part of the PowerPoint file.
Visual styling like bold, italics, custom fonts, and text colors is stripped for a clean export. The actual words, paragraphs, line breaks, bullet points, numbered lists, and indentation levels are fully preserved. Images pasted directly into the notes pane are skipped.