You can export a Figma presentation to a .pptx file with Pitchdeck, then open it in PowerPoint. The useful question is what your teammate needs to change after opening it: a headline, a price, an image, or the whole layout. Make that decision before exporting. A deck that looks right but does not allow the intended edit is not ready to hand over.
Pitchdeck can keep supported text editable and convert supported artwork into presentation objects. Complex Figma artwork can become images to preserve its appearance. PowerPoint also renders fonts differently from Figma, so check a representative slide in the destination app before converting a large deck.
Export your first PowerPoint file
Start with your existing Figma deck or the free Startup Deck template. Keep a copy of the original so you can compare the exported file with the design.
- Open the Figma file and run Pitchdeck. Review the slides loaded into the plugin and put them in the order you want to present.
- Add any presenter text to Pitchdeck’s Speaker Notes field. Notes entered only in Figma Slides’ native presenter-notes panel are not automatically imported.
- Open Export Presentation and choose PowerPoint (.pptx file).
- Enable Use Editable Text if the recipient needs to change the copy. Review the image compression and sizing options for your deck.
- Export, then choose Download your .pptx file when the file is ready.
- Open the downloaded file in PowerPoint. Check the slides at presentation size, then make one of the edits your recipient will need to make.
The export examples page shows the existing Pitchdeck export demonstration and links to a practice deck. For a narrated walkthrough, watch the Figma Slides to PowerPoint tutorial. That older video copies slides into a Figma design file; its transcript describes the interface available when it was recorded. The current PowerPoint export guide covers current settings and limitations.
A three-slide check you can repeat
Choose three slides from your own presentation before exporting the full deck. Use a title slide with your main typeface, a content slide with a long paragraph or bullet list, and a slide with overlapping artwork. These expose more handoff problems than three simple title slides.
In PowerPoint, change the title to a longer line, add an item to the list, and select the artwork the recipient wants to move. Compare each slide with Figma. Look for text wrapping, clipped lines, font substitution and objects that have become a single image. If the next person needs to replace a price but that price is inside a flattened image, adjust the source or export settings before delivery.
Open the notes view as well. Confirm that the right notes are attached to the right slides, especially if you changed the slide order. Finally, run the slide show: editing mode alone will not tell you whether a video plays or a click build behaves as expected.
Choose editability deliberately
| What the recipient needs | What to check in the export |
|---|---|
| Change headlines, body copy or prices | Enable Use Editable Text, install the fonts, and test a realistic copy change. |
| Keep a complex treatment visually intact | Check the image fallback. Add [PNG] to a parent layer name when that part should export as a single image. |
| Move items inside nested layouts | Try Smart Auto Layout & Nested Layers (Beta) on a copy and inspect the resulting objects. It preserves supported children; it does not turn PowerPoint into Figma Auto Layout. |
| Reuse a layout for new slides | Review the master-slide options and test the resulting layout with new content. |
Check slides where an image overlaps or masks text. Editable text and artwork become separate objects in the presentation, so compare their stacking with the Figma frame. Clipped or covered text can also remain inside an editable text box. Remove text that should not leave the source file instead of relying on a mask to hide it.
The beta nested-layout option is useful when a teammate needs separate objects, but effects, clipping, blend modes and some other compositions need image fallbacks. Keep it off when the simpler export already supports the edits you need. The goal is a usable deck, not the highest possible object count.
Fonts are part of the handoff
Install the same fonts on the computer that opens the presentation, or agree on substitutes with the recipient. A font available inside Figma may not be installed on that person’s machine. Check the actual family and weight, then review line breaks after any substitution.
Long headings and tight text boxes deserve attention. The recorded PowerPoint walkthrough includes a font-positioning example: the source text bounds and the destination rendering can differ. Leave enough room for the copy your teammate will enter, rather than designing every text box around the shortest possible phrase.
Treat motion and video as separate checks
PowerPoint export supports an optional subset of native fade entrances, fade exits and click builds. It does not carry over every Pitchdeck animation, looping effect or browser embed. Review the export report for omitted behavior and play the deck in PowerPoint before delivery.
For playable video, the supported route is a direct MP4 URL added through Pitchdeck’s video embeds, with Include MP4 Video URL Embeds enabled. A video uploaded directly into Figma is not automatically available as a playable video in the exported PPTX. Keep a static fallback slide when the presentation must work without that media.
Agree where the next edit happens
Send the reviewed PPTX with the fonts or font-installation instructions your licensing allows, a link to the Figma source, and a short note explaining what remains editable. State whether the recipient should edit the PowerPoint copy or ask for changes in Figma. Both are workable; silently maintaining two competing masters is where the confusion starts.
Use the presentation handoff checklist for the broader delivery process. For the export itself, repeat the three-slide check whenever you introduce a new font, layout treatment or presentation destination.
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