# Use Quarto and create a PowerPoint slideshow > Discover how to convert your Markdown documentation into a PowerPoint (.pptx) slideshow or an online reveal.js presentation using Quarto. ---  **TL;DR** This article shows how to convert a Markdown file into a PowerPoint `.pptx` deck with `quarto render slides.md --to pptx`, where level-2 headings become slide titles and a `---` line starts a new section — noting the same source can instead be rendered to an online reveal.js slideshow with `--to revealjs`. Quarto can convert a markdown file to [a revealjs HTML slideshow](/blog/quarto-revealjs-tips) but can also create a `pptx` file that you can open and play in Microsoft PowerPoint. In this article, we'll create a `pptx` file from our markdown documentation. ## From Markdown to PowerPoint in one command Take a plain Markdown file called `slides.md` and run: ```bash $ quarto render slides.md --to pptx ``` Open the `.pptx` that comes out, and this is your first slide:  The rule is worth remembering because it's the whole syntax: **every `##` heading becomes a slide title, and a `---` line starts a new slide**. Your document structure *is* your slide structure. ## The source file Here is the `slides.md` that produced the deck — the content is filler, the structure is what matters: **slides.md** ```markdown --- title: "My thesis in Latin" --- ## Chapter 1 Voluptatem minus labore architecto sed voluptas molestiae perferendis. Expedita magni facere. Ullam non non sint qui provident. ## Chapter 2 Iure repudiandae perferendis maiores dolorem consequuntur exercitationem suscipit. --- ### Chapter 2.1 Quis voluptate est quis in ea veniam qui incididunt ad cillum nostrud. ``` And the three remaining slides it generates:    You'll find a lot of tips and tricks on the [official documentation page](https://quarto.org/docs/presentations/powerpoint.html). > **Docker image with Quarto:** > > If you don't have yet a Docker image with Quarto, read this article [Running Quarto Markdown in Docker](/blog/docker-quarto). ## Conclusion The nice thing here isn't that Quarto makes PowerPoint files — it's that your documentation and your slide deck become the same file. Update a chapter, re-render, and the presentation is up to date. No copy/paste into a slide editor, no two versions of the same content drifting apart. And the very same `slides.md` renders as an online slideshow: run `quarto render slides.md --to revealjs` instead, put the result on a web server, and everyone can consult your work from a browser. See [Quarto - revealjs tips](/blog/quarto-revealjs-tips) for what you can do with it.