What is a DPS file?
DPS stands for WPS Presentation document. It was created by Kingsoft and first released in the 2000s. DPS is the presentation format of Kingsoft's WPS Office. By default WPS Presentation saves DPS files in a format built like PowerPoint 97 files, which is why LibreOffice can open them and convert them to PowerPoint or PDF.
| Type | presentation |
|---|---|
| Compression | Lossless |
| In a browser | opens in WPS Office; files saved in its default format also open in LibreOffice Impress |
| Common uses | presentations made in WPS Office, widely used in China |
| MIME type | application/vnd.ms-powerpoint |
How to open a DPS file
Whether a DPS file opens with a double click depends on the device. Here is what works on each, without buying software:
| Windows | PowerPoint or the free LibreOffice Impress opens PPT, PPTX and ODP. |
|---|---|
| Mac | Keynote opens PPT and PPTX; LibreOffice Impress opens ODP. |
| iPhone and iPad | Keynote and the PowerPoint app open PPT and PPTX; ODP needs an app such as Collabora Office. |
| Android | Google Slides and the PowerPoint app open PPT and PPTX; ODP needs an app such as Collabora Office. |
| Web browser | DPS opens in WPS Office; files saved in its default format also open in LibreOffice Impress. |
DPS compared with other presentation formats
How DPS stacks up against the formats people most often convert it to or from:
| Format | Compression | Usually contains | Released | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPS | Lossless | slides with text, images and animations | the 2000s | presentations made in WPS Office, widely used in China |
| PPTX | Lossless | slides with text, images, charts, animations and speaker notes | 2007 | presentations for work, school and conferences |
| PPT | Lossless | slides with text, images and animations in a binary file | 1997 | older presentations and slide decks from legacy systems |
| ODP | Lossless | slides with text, images and transitions in a ZIP of XML files | 2005 | presentations made in LibreOffice and OpenOffice |
| Either | 1993 | documents, forms, invoices and print-ready files |
How to use the DPS converter
- Choose the format you want in the Convert to menu.
- Drop your DPS files on the box, or press Choose DPS files. Several files can go in at once.
- Adjust the settings if you need to; the defaults suit most people.
- Press Convert and save each file with its Download button. The file is converted on our server and deleted as soon as the result is sent back.
Tips for converting DPS files
Converting a DPS file keeps every slide and its text: what can change is fonts, effects and animations, where formats do not match feature for feature. A few habits keep the result close to the original.
- Keep the original presentation; a PDF cannot play animations, transitions or video.
- Unhide the slides you want included; hidden slides are left out, as they are when you present.
- Embed fonts in PowerPoint so unusual typefaces look the same in the PDF.
- Compress large photos in the deck to keep the file under the size limit and the PDF easy to email.
- Speaker notes are not included in a PDF of the slides; export notes separately if you need them.
Convert DPS files from the command line
LibreOffice and Ghostscript do the same on your own computer:
soffice --headless --convert-to pdf input.dps
gs -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=eps2write -dFirstPage=1 -dLastPage=1 -sOutputFile=output.eps input.pdfConverting on your own computer keeps the file entirely local, which is worth it for very large or very sensitive documents. For everything else, the converter on this page does it without installing anything.
DPS converter FAQ
What is a DPS file?
DPS stands for WPS Presentation document, a presentation format created by Kingsoft in the 2000s. DPS is the presentation format of Kingsoft's WPS Office. By default WPS Presentation saves DPS files in a format built like PowerPoint 97 files, which is why LibreOffice can open them and convert them to PowerPoint or PDF.
How do I open a DPS file?
DPS opens in WPS Office; files saved in its default format also open in LibreOffice Impress. If the program you need will not open it, convert it to a more widely supported format above.
What is the most common DPS conversion?
DPS to EPS is the conversion people search for most. The DPS is opened by LibreOffice, the open-source office suite, on our conversion server and exported to PDF, and Ghostscript, the standard PostScript interpreter, writes the first slide as an EPS.
Does converting DPS files here upload them?
Yes. DPS conversions need LibreOffice, Ghostscript and MuPDF, open-source programs that cannot run in a browser, so they run on our conversion server. The file is uploaded, converted, and deleted together with the result as soon as the result has been sent back to you. Nothing is kept.
Is the DPS converter free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no watermark. Conversions that use our server accept files up to 25 MB, with a fair-use limit per hour. The site is supported by advertising.
Can I convert DPS files on iPhone or Android?
Yes. Open this page in Safari on iPhone and iPad, or in Chrome on Android, choose your DPS files and download the results to your Downloads folder.
Can I convert several DPS files at once?
Yes. Drop as many as you like; they are converted one after another, each with its own download button.