# Whizra for students: lecture slides to notes, assignments into one PDF

> Turn lecture slides into notes, put assignment parts into one PDF, compress for upload limits and make PDFs editable on your Mac, from one sentence.

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# Whizra for students

Lecture slides, assignment parts and upload limits: type what you need and it’s done on your Mac. Your files never leave your Mac.

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Real runs of the Mac app, recorded 1 and 2 Nov 2026. [Try it yourself in the sandbox →](https://whizra.com/sandbox)

## What you’d type

Select the files in Finder (or name them in the sentence), double-tap the right Option key, type, press Enter. Results marked “Recorded” are real runs of the app on sample files.

turn these slides into notes

A folder with a picture of every slide, the pictures inside them, and all the text as notes (.md and .txt): titles, bullets, tables and speaker notes.

**Recorded on the app:** Lecture 4 - Color.pptx became “Lecture 4 - Color (slides)”: 4 slide pictures, the pictures inside, and the text as Lecture 4 - Color.md, Lecture 4 - Color.txt.

[Lecture slides to notes →](https://whizra.com/lecture-slides-to-notes)

convert to pdf

A PowerPoint becomes a PDF with one page per slide and real text, without PowerPoint.

**Recorded on the app:** Lecture 4 - Color.pptx became Lecture 4 - Color.pdf, 4 pages.

[PowerPoint to PDF →](https://whizra.com/powerpoint-to-pdf-mac)

make these into one pdf

A Word file, photos and PDFs become pages of one PDF: one file to hand in.

**Recorded on the app:** Project proposal.docx, IMG_1001.jpg, Invoice A.pdf became Project proposal (merged).pdf, 4 pages.

[Mixed files to one PDF →](https://whizra.com/convert-to-pdf-mac#mixed-files-to-one-pdf)

compress my last pdf under 2 mb

For upload limits: a smaller copy next to the original, with the size before and after. Text stays selectable.

**Recorded on the app:** “compress it” on Sample.pdf: 3.1 MB → 361 KB.

[Compress a PDF →](https://whizra.com/compress-pdf-mac)

make it editable

A PDF becomes a Word file with real headings, lists and tables, to take notes in or quote from.

**Recorded on the app:** Yearly report 2026.pdf (12 pages) became Yearly report 2026.docx. Two-column pages, merged table cells, footnotes and text boxes aren’t kept yet.

[PDF to Word →](https://whizra.com/pdf-to-word-mac)

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