Exporting PDF to PowerPoint Error: The specified file could not be written to. It may be in use.

[ZakCandao]

I have 98 pages PDF doc and trying to export it as a PowerPoint and gives me an error stating "The specified file could not be written to. It may be in use."

It will create a PowerPoint file but once you open it, there is an error dialogue that states "There's not enough memory or system resources to start PowerPoint."

Installed RAM in my system is 32 GB/ 64-bit System Type

I tried renaming the save file, re-starting/rebooting, make sure to app is open except Acrobat, saving the file on a different folder and NOTHING works.

Anyone has a solution?

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

Are you writing the file to a network drive? If yes, try with local storage. If that does not work, break down your PDF to a few slides and try that. I am not convinced that you have a memory issue, but that PowerPoint is showing the wrong error message.

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

Are you writing the file to a network drive? If yes, try with local storage. If that does not work, break down your PDF to a few slides and try that. I am not convinced that you have a memory issue, but that PowerPoint is showing the wrong error message.

[ZakCandao]

Thanks Abambo.  I am saving the file locally.  I split the PDF into 4 separate files and it converted it to PPT.  It's probably PowerPoint that's having issues with large PDFs. 

[Abambo]

You're welcome. I assume that breaking up the process in smaller chunks solwed the issue?

[Phillip33904700js2g · Accepted solution]

Thank you! 2 years later your answer is still useful 😉 Although I had another problem than OP.

I tried some stuff and it was the saving to non-local storage (Google Drive in my case) which is the problem for me.

Opening the file in my cloud-synced folder is fine, as long as the export file is saved in local storage (I just used my "Downloads" folder as a temporal location and moved it back to Google Drive afterwards).

It isn't a synchronization problem since it still happens when I pauze sync, but maybe Google Drive is doing someting else which messes up some verification step at the end. Because the export itself doesn't crash, it fails at the end. It isn't the path itself I believe since it's just a folder in my Documents which is synced to Google Drive.

But anyway, my issue is solved, thanks!