> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.presenton.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create from documents

> Use PDFs, images, office files, spreadsheets, and text as presentation source material.

Presenton extracts useful text and data from uploaded files before creating the outline. This keeps the deck grounded in your source instead of relying only on a short prompt.

```mermaid theme={null}
%%{init: {"themeVariables": {"fontSize": "17px"}, "flowchart": {"curve": "linear", "nodeSpacing": 35}}}%%
flowchart LR
  Upload[Upload files] --> Read[Presenton reads them]
  Read --> Review[You review the outline]
  Review --> Create[Presenton creates the deck]
  classDef step fill:#F4F0FF,stroke:#6D4AFF,stroke-width:2px,color:#201547;
  class Upload,Read,Review,Create step;
```

## Supported source families

| Source        | Examples                        |
| ------------- | ------------------------------- |
| PDFs          | Text-based and scanned PDFs     |
| Documents     | DOCX, DOCM, ODT                 |
| Presentations | PPTX, PPTM, ODP                 |
| Spreadsheets  | XLSX, XLSM, ODS, CSV, TSV       |
| Text          | TXT and Markdown uploads        |
| Images        | JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP |

PDFs and images use LiteParse with OCR when needed. Modern office formats are read locally. Older binary formats such as `.doc`, `.ppt`, and `.xls` may need to be converted first.

<Card title="Tutorial: create a deck from a document" icon="file-arrow-up" href="/open-source/v0.9.0-beta/tutorials/create-from-document">
  Upload a source, guide the outline, and verify the generated presentation.
</Card>