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How to Insert HEIC Photos into Word & PowerPoint

Insert › Picture cannot see your photos, or places them and shows a placeholder on someone else's laptop. Convert above and they embed properly.

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Add your HEIC files

Drop your HEIC photos here

or pick them from your device — output is lossless PNG

Supports .heic and .heif from iPhone, iPad and modern Android cameras

Nothing queued yet. Added files will appear here with their own progress bar and PNG download button.

Why this happens

Office does not decode images itself — it asks the operating system. On Windows without Microsoft's HEIF Image Extensions, which depend on the paid HEVC Video Extensions, the file picker either hides .heic files or refuses them on insert.

On a Mac it usually works, which produces the worst version of the problem: the document looks right while you build it, then shows placeholder boxes when a colleague opens it on Windows, or when the deck goes up on the meeting-room projector. A JPG is embedded into the .docx or .pptx itself and renders for everyone, including Google Docs, Slides and Keynote.

The fix

  1. STEP 1

    Drop your HEIC photos into the converter above. The default output size of 2048 px is ample for a full-width slide and keeps the file manageable.

  2. STEP 2

    Download the JPGs, individually or as one ZIP.

  3. STEP 3

    Insert them in Word or PowerPoint as usual, by drag and drop or Insert › Picture. They embed in the document and travel with it.

Frequently asked questions

Will converting to JPG make my document larger?

Usually smaller, and here is why: Office embeds a full copy of every image you insert, so document size tracks the images you feed it. A 12 MP photo at 2048 px and 88% quality lands near 400 KB against several megabytes at full resolution. Ten photos is the difference between a deck you can email and one you cannot. Office's own Compress Pictures can shrink it further after insertion.

Why does my document break on someone else's computer?

Because it was built on a Mac, where macOS supplies the HEIC decoder, and opened on Windows without the codec. Those images become placeholder boxes or a red X. JPGs embed identically on every platform and version.

Can I convert a whole folder of photos at once?

Yes, with no cap on file count. Photos convert one at a time so a large batch cannot exhaust memory, and Download All returns them as a single ZIP with filenames preserved.