How to Summarize PowerPoint? (3 Proven Ways)

Have you ever come across a PowerPoint presentation with slides upon slides but don’t have the time to go through the whole thing? Or are you finding it difficult to pick out the important information from a long and complicated PowerPoint?

That's where UPDF comes in!

It's a great tool for summarizing PowerPoint slides, whether you want to summarize the whole thing, just one page, or specific content within the presentation. Plus, UPDF can even create a summary in Mind Map format. The best part is that it comes with 30 free prompts for you to try!

In this guide, we will take you through 3 ways to summarize PowerPoints using UPDF.

So, simplify your PowerPoint experience; download UPDF now!

How to Summarize Part of Content in PowerPoint?

If you have a lengthy PowerPoint presentation but only want to summarize part of it, you can do so in 3 different ways using UPDF:

Way 1: By Selecting and Summarizing

The first method for summarizing PowerPoint presentation is by simply opening it in UPDF and selecting the content that needs to be summarized.

Here’s how to go about it:

Step 1: Launch UPDF on your PC, and drag and drop your PowerPoint presentation to open it.

Step 2: Once UPDF converts the PowerPoint into PDF format, select the text you want to summarize and choose the “Summarize” option from the floating toolbar.

Step 3:UPDF will summarize the text chosen for you instantly. Here, you can add them as a note, copy and regenerate it.

Way 2: By Copying, Pasting, and Summarizing

The next method to summarize PowerPoint is to copy and paste the text into UPDF AI and ask it to summarize it for you.

Let’s see how it’s done:

Step 1: Launch UPDF and drag and drop the PowerPoint to open it.

Step 2: Click on “UPDF AI” at the bottom right corner of the interface. Please make sure that you are in “Chat” mode.

Step 3: Click on “Prompt > Summarize” to switch to summary mode.

Step 4: Copy the text that you want to summarize in the PPT opened in UPDF and paste it into UPDF AI. Press enter to let UPDF AI summarize the content.

UPDF AI will give you a brief summary of the selected content.

Way 3: By Screenshotting and Summarizing

Lastly, you can also screenshot part of the content that you want to summarize and use UPDF AI to do so.

Here are the steps for it:

Step 1: Launch UPDF and drag and drop the PowerPoint to open it.

Step 2: Click on UPDF AI at the bottom right, select the “Chat” tab, and click on the “Screenshot” option.

Step 3: Drag the mouse to select the part of the content that you want to summarize.

Step 4: Now, type a prompt in UPDF AI to summarize the screenshot.

Step 5: UPDF AI will read the text in the screenshot and provide you with a summarized version.

And that’s how you can summarize part of a PowerPoint via UPDF!

Also Read: How to Summarize PDFs with 3 Ultimate Methods

How to Summarize The Whole PowerPoint or By Pages?

There are many instances where you want to get the central idea of the whole presentation and not just a part of it. In this case, you can use UPDF AI to summarize the entire PowerPoint. And, if you want to get the summary of each slide separately, that’s also possible via UPDF. If you still do not have UPDF on your computer, you can click the below button to download it.

Let’s have a look at the process of summarizing PowerPoint presentation in both situations:

Step 1: Open UPDF and drag and drop the presentation to open it.

Step 2: Click on “UPDF AI” at the bottom right and select the “Ask PDF” tab. And click on the “Get Started” icon to upload the PPT to UPDF AI.

Step 3: Click on the bulb icon at the bottom of the chat box and select “Summarize by Page.”

Step 4: Select the range of pages that you want to summarize and click “Go.”

Our sample presentation has 6 pages; therefore, we have set the range from pages 1 to 6 as we need to summarize the whole PPT. You can change it to suit your requirements.

This will give you a collective summary of all the pages.

Step 4: However, if you want the summary of each page separately, click on the bulb icon and “Summarize Page.” You can select the individual page that you want to summarize by clicking on it from the slides layout at the left.

You see, how simple it is to summarize PowerPoint as a whole or page by page via UPDF? So, make your life easier; download UPDF now!

How to Summarize the PowerPoint in Mind Map Format?

UPDF offers a unique feature that allows you to summarize your PowerPoint presentations into visually appealing mind maps.

This format provides a visual representation of information, making it easier to understand and recall. Moreover, it helps you organize your ideas and see how they connect to each other, enabling you to gain a deeper understanding of the content.

To summarize a PowerPoint in Mind Map format, follow these steps:

Step 1: Drag and drop your PowerPoint presentation in UPDF to convert it into PDF format.

Step 2: Click on the “UPDF AI” feature at the bottom right, and in the “Ask PDF” tab, upload PDF by clicking “Get Started”, select the bulb icon, followed by “Generate Mind Map.”

Step 3: Set the page range and click “Go.”

Step 4: UPDF AI will create a mind map of the presentation, giving you a brief idea of the concepts discussed in it.

These are the 3 ways in which you can summarize PowerPoint using UPDF.

UPDF offers much more than summarizing documents; it can also translate and explain the PowerPoint presentation in detail. So, download it now and streamline your documents!

For more details on how UPDF works, read this detailed review by Laptop Media and check out this video about the whole overview of UPDF AI’s features:

Conclusion 

If you have a long and complicated PowerPoint presentation, you don’t have to go through the whole thing to understand the content. Instead, you can simply summarize it and get the central idea.

In this guide, we have discussed 3 ways in which you can summarize PowerPoint using UPDF. From summarizing a specific part of it to getting the gist one page at a time and generating a Mind Map of the whole thing, you have many options to summarize your presentation.

So, enhance your PDF and PPT experience by getting UPDF!