# Create PDF from images for free with Google Slides: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive and Google Slides. 16 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-pdf-from-images-for-free-with-google-slides (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Documents and files](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Documents+and+files#library)

# Create PDF from images for free with Google Slides

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive and Google Slides. 16 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fcreate-pdf-from-images-for-free-with-google-slides)

**16 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 5 Service 10

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **When clicking ‘Test workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Set Pdf File Name** Set *Logic*
- 3 **CopyPdfTemplate** Google Drive *Service*
- 4 **Get Created Presentation** Google Slides *Service*
- 5 **Get Folder Id w Presentation** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Get All Files From the Folder** Google Drive *Service*
- 7 **Filter: Only Images** Filter *Logic*
- 8 **Sort by Created Date** Sort *Logic*
- 9 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 10 **Limit: 1Page** Limit *Logic*
- 11 **Create An Empty Slide** Http Request *Service*
- 12 **Delete First Empty Slide** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Update Image Permissions** Google Drive *Service*
- 14 **Convert slides to PDF** Google Drive *Service*
- 15 **Add Image To The Slide** Http Request *Service*
- 16 **Upload Final PDF File** Google Drive *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 16, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, Google Slides
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and Google Slides accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 16 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fcreate-pdf-from-images-for-free-with-google-slides)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[Google Slides](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Slides#library)

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Also documents and files, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Google Drive read file** 16 steps · Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/google-drive-read-file)
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- [**Chat with Google Drive and OpenAI** 16 steps · calls a model · Google Drive, Pinecone](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/chat-with-google-drive-and-openai)
- [**Chat with OpenAI and Google Drive** 16 steps · calls a model · Google Drive, Pinecone](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/chat-with-openai-and-google-drive)
- [**Chat with PDF and GraphRAG** 16 steps · calls a model · Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/chat-with-pdf-and-graphrag)