Save a slide as an image or as a separate presentation file

On a PC or a Mac, if you have a particular PowerPoint slide that you want to use in different presentations, you can save it separately from the rest of the presentation. This article describes how to quickly and easily to move your slide from one presentation to a new one.

You can also save a slide as a picture that you can use in other applications.

Save a slide as a new PowerPoint presentation

Thumbnail pane

  1. In the slide thumbnail tab, on the left side of the PowerPoint window, select the slide you want to save.

Note: If you don’t see the Slide tab, click View > Normal.

Copy slide

On the New screen, choose Blank Presentation.

Click File >New. Click Blank Presentation.

From the Paste menu, choose the <a href=Keep Source Formatting icon." />

On the Home tab select Paste to open the drop-down menu, and click the Keep Source Formatting button. This will paste the slide into your new presentation as the second slide.

Tip: You can hover over the Paste icons to see what each paste option does.

Save a single slide as an image

  1. In the slide thumbnail pane, on the left side of the PowerPoint window, select the slide you want to save.
  2. Click File >Save As (or Save a Copy if your presentation is saved on OneDrive or SharePoint). Navigate to the folder where you want to save your slide.
  3. Type the name of your slide image in the File name text box.
  4. Click to open the Save as Type drop-down menu. Select one of the following image formats for your slide.

In the Save As dialog box, <a href=identify the type of file you want your slide saved as." />

When you are asked which slide you want to export, click Just This One.

Click Save. Review the PowerPoint dialog box, and select Just This One to save your selected slide as an image.

Note: You can select All Slides to save each slide in your presentation as an image. Each slide will be saved as a separate file.

Save a slide as a new PowerPoint presentation

  1. In the slide thumbnail tab, on the left side of the PowerPoint window, select the slide you want to save.

Slide pane

Copy slide

Paste and keep source formatting

Save a single slide as an image

  1. In Normal view, open the slide you want to save.
  2. On the File menu, select Export.
  3. Under File Format, select the image format you want (JPEG, TIFF, PNG, or BMP).
  4. Select Save Current Slide Only. You may also enter a size for your slide image in the Width and Height boxes.
  5. Select Export. A message box appears that tells you where the image file has been saved on your system.