---
title: Create SVG with PowerPoint
date: "2020-12-21T16:24:00Z"
lastmod: "2020-12-21T04:30:07Z"
categories:
- coding
- tools
wp_id: 2980
excerpt: With the new SVG support, PowerPoint is perhaps the most accessible SVG authoring
tool.
---
With Office 365, [PowerPoint supports SVG editing](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/edit-svg-images-in-microsoft-office-365-69f29d39-194a-4072-8c35-dbe5e7ea528c). This is really powerful. It means you can draw in PowerPoint and render it on the web -- including as interactive or animated visuals.
For example, the SVG in this [simulator](https://gramener.com/processmonitor/simulator) was created just with PowerPoint.
[](https://gramener.com/processmonitor/simulator)
The process is simple. Draw anything. Select any shapes and right-click. Select Save As Picture... and choose SVG.
For example, you can use PowerPoint to create Smart Art, export it as SVG, and embed it into a page. See this example on [CodePen](https://codepen.io/sanand0/pen/poEwYYy).
The SVG is fairly well structured and easy to edit. The code generated for these 2 simple shapes:
... is quite straight-forward -- just two SVG shapes.
```svg
```
I was worried about the lack of SVG authoring tools in Windows. (InkScape is not usable, and Adobe's tools are complex and expensive.) PowerPoint fits perfectly.