How to use the LinkedIn Carousel Maker
- Open the editor. It starts on a LinkedIn document size (1080 × 1350), and you can switch to 1080 × 1080 or an A4-shaped page at any time.
- Pick a template for business, marketing, technology, career, education or personal branding — or choose “Turn text into slides” and paste a post you have already written.
- Set your brand in the Brand panel: colours, fonts, logo and handle. Every slide that uses the palette updates together.
- Edit each slide on the canvas. Drag slides in the strip to reorder them, duplicate a slide that works, and add text, images, shapes or icons from Insert.
- Turn on slide numbers or a progress bar in Project settings, run Checks, and use Preview to swipe through the finished carousel.
- Download a multi-page PDF for a LinkedIn document upload, a ZIP of numbered images, or any single slide as PNG or JPG.
What does this tool do?
LinkedIn shows a document post as a set of pages people swipe through. The format rewards a plain structure: a cover that promises something specific, a handful of slides that deliver it, and a last slide that says what to do next. This editor is built around that shape, with slides in a strip down the side, the selected slide on the canvas and its settings on the right.
It is the same engine as the Instagram & LinkedIn Carousel Maker, opened with LinkedIn defaults: a document-sized starter, document-sized templates listed first and the PDF export chosen for you. Anything you save here also appears in the other editor, so you can reuse a carousel for Instagram by changing its size.
Consistency comes from shared settings, not manual repetition. Colours and fonts are tokens, so changing the brand colour or the heading font restyles every slide. Numbers and progress indicators are calculated from each slide's position, so reordering, adding or deleting slides never leaves a wrong “3/7”.
Three of the 13 design styles follow popular carousel looks: a charcoal-and-white poster style with giant condensed headlines and label boxes, a violet gradient with a number badge and swipe cue, and a black-and-orange style with paper planes, dashed paths and toggle-switch numbers. The other ten range from minimal editorial to dark cinematic. Switching style rebuilds layout and decoration but keeps your words.
Everything runs in your browser. Projects, images and your brand kit are stored on this device, nothing is uploaded, and there is no account, watermark or export limit.
How many slides should a LinkedIn carousel have?
The editor is comfortable with anything from a few slides to around twenty. A tight carousel of 5 to 12 slides is usually easier to finish and to read than a long one, because every slide has to earn the next swipe.
A reliable outline is: cover, one slide stating the problem or idea, three to six slides that each make one point, a short summary and a closing slide with a single next step. If a point needs more than about 40 words, split it. Checks flags crowded slides for you.
Related: Instagram & LinkedIn Carousel Maker
Why use it?
- 32 templates across business, marketing, technology, career, education and personal branding.
- 13 design styles, applied to every slide in one click without retyping anything.
- Slide numbers and progress dots that renumber themselves when slides move.
- Drag-and-drop slide reordering, duplicate and delete, plus a full preview of every slide.
- PDF for LinkedIn documents, ZIP of numbered images, or single PNG and JPG slides.
- Built-in checks for overflowing text, low contrast, crowded slides and a missing closing slide.
Use cases
- Thought-leadership posts that turn one idea or lesson into five or six slides.
- Career advice, job-search routines and interview tips for a professional audience.
- Company updates, product explainers and case studies with a consistent brand look.
- Personal-branding carousels: profile tips, story posts and portfolio highlights.
- Trainers and educators turning a lesson outline into revision slides.
- Turning a blog post or newsletter into a swipeable summary.
Which size should I choose?
Every slide in a document shares one size, so choose it first. Changing it later scales your elements, but check each slide afterwards.
| Preset | Pixels | Best for | Download as |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn document (4:5) | 1080 × 1350 | Portrait slides that fill more of a phone screen | |
| LinkedIn square | 1080 × 1080 | Balanced slides that also work as image posts | PDF or images |
| LinkedIn document (A4 ratio) | 1240 × 1754 | Report-style pages and checklists | |
| Presentation | 1920 × 1080 | Landscape slides for talks and webinars |
Common mistakes
- A cover that teases instead of promising. Say what the reader will get, such as “5 ways to shorten your onboarding”.
- Small text. On a 1080-pixel slide, body text under about 24 px is hard to read on a phone; Checks flags it.
- Changing the headline position from slide to slide. Keep size and placement steady so the document reads as one piece.
- Crowded slides. One idea per slide keeps people swiping.
- Ending without a next step. Finish with a question, a prompt to comment or a link to follow.
- Uploading the PDF at the wrong shape. Mixed page sizes look uneven, so keep every slide the same size, which this editor does automatically.
Accuracy and limits
- PDF pages are high-resolution images of each slide, so the text inside the PDF cannot be selected or searched. Write the main points in your post caption as well.
- Fonts are the ones installed on your device plus Figtree. If a template's font is missing, Checks says so and the nearest available font is used in both the editor and the download.
- “Turn text into slides” follows fixed rules and does not use AI. It splits your draft into slides, never invents claims, and shows an outline for you to edit first.
- Projects are saved in this browser only. Clearing site data or using a private window can remove them, so download a project file for anything important.
- LinkedIn's upload rules and layouts change over time. Check LinkedIn's current document requirements before a big campaign.
Privacy
Everything you type is processed in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to our servers or stored by us. There's no account to create and nothing to install.
Frequently asked questions
Is this LinkedIn carousel maker free?
Yes. Every template, the editor and every download are free, with no account and no watermark.
How do I post a carousel on LinkedIn?
Download the PDF, start a post on LinkedIn, choose to add a document and upload the PDF. People swipe through its pages. You can also post the slides as images from the ZIP.
What size is a LinkedIn carousel?
A common choice is 1080 × 1350 pixels (4:5 portrait), which fills more of a phone screen. 1080 × 1080 square also works well. The editor offers both, plus an A4-shaped page.
Can I export JPG as well as PNG and PDF?
Yes. Choose Image in the export dialog, then PNG for the sharpest result or JPG for smaller files. The ZIP can contain either, and PDF is a separate choice.
Can I add slide numbers and a progress bar?
Yes. Click an empty part of the canvas to open Project settings, switch Slide numbers on, pick a format such as 3/7 and choose a progress bar or dots. They update as you reorder slides.
Can I reorder slides by dragging?
Yes. Drag a slide in the strip on the side to a new position, or use the move earlier and later buttons. You can also duplicate and delete slides.
Is this different from the Instagram & LinkedIn Carousel Maker?
It is the same editor opened with LinkedIn defaults: document-sized starter and templates, and the PDF export chosen first. Projects saved in one open in the other.
Are my designs uploaded anywhere?
No. Editing and exporting happen in your browser, and projects and images are kept in this browser's storage. Nothing is sent to a server or connected to your LinkedIn account.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes. On small screens the editor switches between Design, Canvas, Properties and Checks views. Large exports are quicker on a computer.
Last reviewed by the M2Toolkit team.