Why convert FLIPCHART to PPT?
Teachers moving from a Promethean ActivBoard to a school that uses PowerPoint need a way to reuse existing lesson content. Exporting pages as images and inserting them into a .ppt presentation lets you present on any laptop without ActivInspire installed.
How to convert FLIPCHART to PPT
ActivInspire FREE
Open the .flipchart in ActivInspire and use File > Export to save each page as PNG. Insert the exported images into Microsoft PowerPoint and save as .ppt.
LibreOffice Impress FREE
After exporting pages from ActivInspire as PNG, open LibreOffice Impress, insert the images as full-slide pictures, and save in PPT format - a free alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint.
About these formats
.FLIPCHART
ActivInspire Flipchart (Promethean interactive whiteboard lesson)
A .flipchart file is an interactive whiteboard lesson created in ActivInspire, Promethean's free classroom software. To open it, download ActivInspire (free, Windows/Mac) from…
Open .FLIPCHART details →
.PPT
Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation
A PPT file is a Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 presentation in the older binary format, used before PPTX took over in 2007. You can open it free with LibreOffice Impress, Google Slides, or…
Open .PPT details →Quality & what to watch
- No interactivity survives - drag-and-drop activities, voting tools, and hyperlinks are ActivInspire-specific and do not carry into PowerPoint.
- Choose PNG over JPG when exporting from ActivInspire; JPG compression blurs text and thin lines common in whiteboard-style lesson pages.
- Embedded video clips on flipchart pages are not rendered in the exported image and must be re-inserted manually in PowerPoint.
Frequently asked questions
Can I convert without installing ActivInspire?
.flipchart format is proprietary to Promethean and no other tool can open it.
