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Creating Presentations ​

Create presentations through Chat so Astonish can gather requirements, use your source material, generate the complete deck, and refine it with you.

Start a Presentation ​

Use either entry point:

  • Open Slides and select Create Slide. Studio takes you to Chat with Slides ready to use.
  • Open Chat and ask for slides, a slide deck, a presentation, or a PowerPoint presentation.

For example:

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Create a 12-slide presentation for engineering leaders explaining our
migration proposal. Use the attached architecture brief, emphasize risk
reduction, and end with a decision request.

Guided Intake ​

Astonish gathers the information needed to build a coherent deck. Depending on what your request already contains, it may ask about:

  1. The audience and purpose.
  2. The approximate length, commonly a short, medium, or detailed deck.
  3. Whether you want to choose a template or let Astonish choose.
  4. Template-specific options such as a cover, title treatment, palette, logo or image, and closing slide.

Information already stated in your request does not need to be supplied again. Include the audience, goal, desired length, sources, and preferred template up front for the shortest intake.

Use Source Material ​

Start from a topic or brief ​

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Build an executive presentation about reducing customer onboarding time.
Use 10 slides, a concise tone, and include recommendations and next steps.

Ground the deck in documents ​

Attach the relevant files to the current Chat message and identify how they should be used:

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Turn the attached quarterly report and customer interview summary into a
board presentation. Keep every numerical claim grounded in those files.

Research before writing ​

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Research current enterprise AI adoption trends, then create a presentation
for our strategy workshop. Cite the important findings in the slide content.

The research tools and sources available depend on the agent configuration and network access in your deployment.

Use connected systems ​

If the agent has access to connected tools, name the system and the data you want included:

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Create a sales review from the current-quarter opportunities in our CRM.
Show pipeline by stage, major risks, and the five deals that need attention.

The agent can only use systems, tools, and credentials available to the current user and team.

Review Generation ​

The deck preview appears in Chat as soon as creation starts. It displays Generating slides… until slide content arrives. Use the preview controls to move through the available slides while the agent continues working.

Astonish validates and reviews the generated deck before treating it as complete. You can then refine it conversationally:

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Make slide 3 more visual and move the implementation detail to an appendix.
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Rewrite the titles as conclusions, reduce repetition, and make the final
recommendation more specific.

TIP

Ask for changes by slide number and desired outcome. Explain what should remain unchanged when preserving layout or wording matters.

Add Images ​

Ask Chat to add an image to an existing slide. Slides can use:

  • An image attached to the current Chat message.
  • An image already stored with the deck or template.
  • A public HTTP or HTTPS image URL.

For example:

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Add the attached product screenshot to slide 6. Preserve the current layout
and place it in the right-hand visual area.
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Use https://example.com/diagram.png on slide 4 with contain fitting. Do not
change the slide's text or layout.

Remote images can be up to 20 MiB. Private, loopback, and internal network URLs are rejected, as are unsafe image or SVG contents. Slides uses supplied or imported imagery; it does not generate new images itself.

Direct Editing and Structural Changes ​

The canvas can move, resize, edit, or delete existing supported objects. Ask Chat to add new images, create new sections, change a slide's structure, or make broader narrative revisions.

See Editing & Saving for direct canvas controls.

Generation Tips ​

  • State one clear presentation objective and audience.
  • Attach or identify authoritative source material.
  • Request an approximate length rather than packing too many ideas into each slide.
  • Specify brand/template requirements before generation.
  • Ask for takeaway-style titles when the conclusion of each slide should be immediately clear.
  • Review factual claims and sensitive information before sharing or exporting.

Next Steps ​