Convert PPT to Text Online using PowerPoint Converter

This blog post is for you if you want to convert PPT to Text online using a free PowerPoint converter. PPTX/PPT and TXT are very popular file formats for data storage and data representation. However, it is necessary to install Microsoft PowerPoint on the machine to view/edit PPTX/PPT files. Therefore,GroupDocs.Conversion offers a web-based PPT to TXT converter that converts PPT to Text online. So, you can open/edit text files on almost all popular operating systems without installing any third-party software. Let’s start this article and explore this PowerPoint converter powered by GroupDocs.Conversion Cloud SDKs.

We will cover the following points in this blog post:

PPT to Text Converter Powered by GroupDocs.Conversion

This web-based PowerPoint converter enables you to automate the PPT/PPTX to TXT conversion. This online tool is backed by GroupDocs.Conversion Cloud SDKs and works in almost all commonly used Web browsers. There is a logical and user-friendly user interface where you can drag/drop PPT/PPTX files or upload them using File Explorer.

convert ppt to text online

This online PPT to Text converter is secure and you can leverage this tool in the web browser of your Mobile phone too. The best thing is you do not need any subscription as it is free to use. In addition, it is fast and performs PPT to TXT conversion in a few seconds.

How to Convert PPT to Text Online

This section demonstrates the steps to convert PowerPoint to Text. So, please follow the following simple steps:

  • Open this PPT to Text converter in any web browser.
  • Hit the “Browse File” button to upload the PPTX/PPT file or drag & drop the file.
  • Click the “Convert Now” button to convert PPT to Text online.
  • Right after a few seconds, your newly converted Text file will be ready to download.
  • You can download the file by clicking the “Download Now” button.

The whole process of converting PPT to Text is shown below:

ppt to text converter

Convert PPT to Text in C#

In addition to an online tool, GroupDocs.Conversion has exposed Cloud SDKs and REST APIs to perform PowerPoint to Text conversion programmatically. You may follow the steps to convert PPTX/PPT to TXT in C# programmatically:

  • Install and set up GroupDocs.Conversion Cloud SDK for .NET in your project.
  • The following code snippet demonstrates how to convert PowerPoint to Text in .NET:
    using System;
    using GroupDocs.Conversion.Cloud.Sdk.Api;
    using GroupDocs.Conversion.Cloud.Sdk.Client;
    using GroupDocs.Conversion.Cloud.Sdk.Model.Requests;
    using System.IO;
    using GroupDocs.Conversion.Cloud.Sdk.Model;
    namespace GroupDocs.Conversion.CSharp
    {
    // Convert PPT to TXT in C#
    class Convert_PPT_to_Text
    {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
    try
    {
    // Get your API credentials
    string clientId = "xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx";
    string clientSecret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
    string myStorage = "test";
    // Initialize an object of the Configuration class with the Client Secret & Client ID.
    var configuration = new Configuration(clientId, clientSecret);
    // Set the value of ApiBaseUrl to set the base url of the API.
    configuration.ApiBaseUrl = "https://api.groupdocs.cloud";
    // Instantiate an instance of the ConvertApi class with the object of the Configuration class.
    var apiInstance = new ConvertApi(configuration);
    // Create an object of the ConvertSettings class and initialize it by setting the values such as FilePath, Format etc.
    var settings = new ConvertSettings
    {
    FilePath = "first.pptx",
    Format = "txt",
    OutputPath = "test/output-sample-file.txt"
    };
    // Call the ConvertDocument method and pass an instance of the ConvertDocumentRequest class to convert the PPT to TXT programmatically.
    var response = apiInstance.ConvertDocument(new ConvertDocumentRequest(settings));
    Console.WriteLine("Successfully converted PPT to TXT in C#: " + response[0].Url);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
    Console.WriteLine("Exception when calling GroupDocs Api: " + e.Message);
    }
    }
    }
    }
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Convert PPTX/PPT to TXT in Node.js Programmatically

For Node.js developers, you can go through GroupDocs.Conversion Cloud SDKs for Node.js.

Following are the steps to achieve PPT to TXT conversion in Node.js:

// Require the groupdocs-conversion-cloud module into your project.
const groupdocs_conversion_cloud = require("groupdocs-conversion-cloud");
// Get AppKey and AppSID from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud
const clientId = "xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx";
// Get AppKey and AppSID from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud
const clientSecret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
const myStorage = "test";
// Invoke the fromKeys method and pass clientId, clientSecret.
const convertApi = groupdocs_conversion_cloud.ConvertApi.fromKeys(clientId, clientSecret);
// Initialize an object of the ConvertSettings class and define the properties such as storageName, filePath and etc.
const settings = new groupdocs_conversion_cloud.ConvertSettings();
settings.storageName = myStorage;
settings.filePath = "first.pptx";
settings.format = "txt";
settings.outputPath = "nodejs-testing/file.txt";
// Create convert document request by initializing an instance of the ConvertDocumentRequest.
const request = new groupdocs_conversion_cloud.ConvertDocumentRequest(settings);
// Call the convertDocument method to convert PPT to TXT in Node.js.
convertApi.convertDocument(request).then((data)=>{
console.log("PPT to TXT converted successfully");
}).catch((e)=>{
console.log(e)
})
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Final Thoughts

This brings us to the end of this blog post. We covered how to convert PPT to Text online using this PowerPoint converter. In addition, we also went through how to convert PowerPoint to Text programmatically in C# and Node.js. In fact, GroupDocs.Conversion has offered SDKs in many other programming languages that you can check here. Moreover, you can visit the documentation to learn the features of this file conversion API. Last but not least, you can interact with our APIs here.

Further, we recommend you follow our Getting Started guide.

Finally, groupdocs.cloud is writing new blog posts. So, please stay in touch for the regular updates.

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