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Generate Editable PowerPoint Presentations with AI

Job to be done: Generate editable PowerPoint presentations from documents

🇳🇬 Ways to use this in Nigeria

Ideas to get you started, adapt to your situation.

  • Student

    Turn your 50-page research paper draft into a 15-slide PowerPoint presentation for your seminar.

  • 9-5 employee

    Convert your project proposal document into an editable PowerPoint deck for your team meeting.

  • Small business

    Generate a product catalog PowerPoint from your WhatsApp order list to share with clients.

What you’ll get

A real, fully editable PowerPoint file (.pptx) built automatically from a document you already have, a report, a proposal, some notes. Unlike an exported image, the slides are native PowerPoint (real text boxes, shapes, and speaker notes), so you can tweak everything afterwards. The tool does the heavy slide-building; you polish. It is intermediate: you run a Python tool and set up an AI key.

Tools you need

  • ppt-master (free): the open-source Python tool that turns a document into a .pptx.
  • An AI model (mixed): the brain that writes the slide content. Gemini has a free API tier; OpenAI and Claude are paid (pay-as-you-go credits). You give the tool an API key.
  • Python (free): to run ppt-master.
  • PowerPoint (or a free viewer like LibreOffice or Google Slides): to open and edit the result.

Steps

  1. Install Python: download it from python.org and install, ticking “Add Python to PATH” on Windows. Check it with python --version.

  2. Download ppt-master: on its GitHub page, click the green “Code” button, choose “Download ZIP”, and extract it (or git clone it). You should have a project folder.

  3. Install its dependencies: open a terminal, move into the folder, and install the required packages:

    cd path/to/ppt-master
pip install -r requirements.txt

    You should see packages download and install.

  4. Get your document ready: have the file you want to convert on hand (a text or markdown file works best).

  5. Add an AI key: ppt-master needs an AI model to write the slides. Set up an API key for Gemini (free tier), OpenAI, or Claude, following the project’s README (usually an environment variable or a config file). An API key is the secret that lets the tool use the AI.

  6. Generate the slides: run the tool, pointing it at your document. A typical command:

    python ppt_master.py --input your_document.txt --output presentation.pptx

    Swap in your filenames, and check the README for the exact options. You should see it process and then create a presentation.pptx.

  7. Open and edit: open the .pptx in PowerPoint (or a free viewer). Because the slides are native, you can edit the text, shapes, and notes directly.

Original source

Based on the ppt-master project by Hugo He on GitHub, which uses AI to turn documents into editable PowerPoint decks complete with native shapes and speaker notes.

Notes & variations

  • Cost: ppt-master is free, but it needs an AI key. Gemini’s free tier keeps it free; OpenAI and Claude charge per use.
  • Common pitfall: expecting a finished deck. It does the bulk of the work, but plan to refine wording and layout in PowerPoint afterwards.
  • Tip for better results: feed it a clean, well-structured document (clear headings and sections). The tidier the input, the better the slides, and try different AI models to see which suits your content.

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