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Macro-Ready Slideshows

PPSM slideshows can run VBA macros during playback — add automation to presentations built from web page content.

Server-Side Work

Cloud infrastructure handles the conversion quickly. Your local device is never burdened by processing tasks.

URL to Slideshow

Paste any web address and get a PPSM slideshow back — no need to download the page or install desktop tools.

How to convert HTML to PPSM

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose ppsm or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your ppsm file right afterwards

About formats

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language for creating web pages, originally conceived by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1991 and later standardized by the W3C and WHATWG. HTML structures content using a system of nested tags that define headings, paragraphs, lists, links, images, tables, forms, and multimedia elements, with CSS handling visual presentation and JavaScript adding interactivity. The language has evolved through major versions — HTML 2.0 (1995), HTML 4.01 (1999), XHTML 1.0 (2000), and the current HTML Living Standard (evolved from HTML5, published 2014) — each expanding semantic vocabulary and capabilities. HTML documents are plain text files interpretable by any web browser, and the language's role extends beyond websites: email formatting, ebook content (EPUB), application interfaces (Electron, Cordova), and document export all rely on HTML. One advantage is universal rendering — every computing device with a browser displays HTML content, making it the most widely supported document format in existence. The semantic markup model provides another strength: elements like <article>, <nav>, <aside>, and <figure> carry meaning that benefits accessibility tools, search engine indexing, and content reuse. The open, W3C/WHATWG-governed specification ensures vendor independence, and HTML's text-based nature means documents are trivially created, inspected, and processed with any programming language.
Initial release: 1993
PPSM (PowerPoint Slideshow with Macros) is a macro-enabled slideshow format in Microsoft PowerPoint, introduced with Office 2007 as part of the Office Open XML family. PPSM combines the auto-play slideshow behavior of PPSX with the VBA macro capabilities of PPTM — opening a PPSM file launches it directly into full-screen presentation mode while allowing embedded macro code to execute during the slideshow. The format is structurally a ZIP archive containing the same XML slide parts as other OOXML presentation formats, plus a vbaProject.bin stream housing the VBA project. This combination is particularly valuable for interactive presentations: macro-driven slideshows can respond to user input, navigate non-linearly between sections, query external databases, update content in real time, and log audience responses during training or assessment sessions. One advantage is interactive presentation capability — PPSM enables quiz-style presentations where clicking answer buttons triggers immediate scoring feedback, branching paths, or data recording, all invisible to the audience. The macro-enabled slideshow format also supports self-contained automation: a PPSM file can run initialization routines on launch, configure the display environment, and clean up resources on exit without any manual intervention. As with all macro-enabled Office Open XML formats, the distinct .ppsm extension helps administrators enforce security policies that differentiate between trusted macro content and standard presentations. PPSM is supported exclusively in Microsoft PowerPoint desktop editions.
Developer: Microsoft
Initial release: January 30, 2007

Frequently Asked Questions

Why save a web page as a PPSM slideshow?

PPSM is a macro-enabled slideshow — great for automated presentations that run VBA scripts during playback.

Can I paste a web page URL to convert it?

Yes — enter any public URL and Convertio will fetch the page, extract the content, and produce a PPSM slideshow.

What plays PPSM slideshows?

Microsoft PowerPoint handles PPSM natively, launching it in slideshow mode with macro support fully enabled.

Is PPSM different from PPSX?

PPSM supports VBA macros while PPSX does not. Both open in slideshow mode, but PPSM adds automation capabilities.

Is the conversion free?

Yes — the web page to PPSM converter is free on Convertio. Premium plans provide additional capacity for heavy use.

Is the process secure?

Uploaded content is removed after conversion. PPSM output slideshows are deleted from servers within 24 hours.

HTML to PPSM Quality Rating

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