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title: "AI Quick Tips 333: NotebookLM supports PowerPoint sources"
description: NotebookLM now supports direct uploads of PowerPoint files, making it easier to include your slides in projects without conversion delays.
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# [AI Quick Tips 333: NotebookLM supports PowerPoint sources](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/ai-quick-tips-333-notebooklm-supports-powerpoint-sources)

 Written by [Damien Griffin](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/author/damien) | May 30, 2026, 5:00:00 PM

For a long time, if you tried to upload a PowerPoint deck into NotebookLM, the app would tell you no. You had to convert your slides into a PDF first.

But things change fast in the AI world. I went back to double-check my assumptions, and it turns out NotebookLM has finally updated things.

I tested this with a 10-slide deck and it worked (and not the weird way where it strips out the images and leaves you with a skeleton of bullet points). One thing to note is that it did take a while compared to other file types. My 10-slide deck took about 5 minutes to upload (it actually a good sign since it likely means that it is processing the images)

## How to Upload Your Slides

If you want to try this yourself, the process is dead simple, though you might need a little patience:

- **Head to NotebookLM:** Go to notebooklm.google.com.
- **Open a notebook:** Open an existing notebook or start a fresh one for your project.
- **The Upload Menu:** Click Add Sources. If you hover over the “and more” text in the upload window, you’ll see PPTX listed in the supported formats.
- **Drag and Drop:** Toss in your file or upload it manually.

For the other technical types out there, NotebookLM specifically supports .pptx. Other PowerPoint formats likely won’t work.

 

#### Watch a video demo:

 

 

 

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