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Create a presentation

Choose Cloud for Presenton Cloud or Open-source for your local or self-hosted installation. Each tab follows the workflow from prompt to generated presentation.

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Watch the workflow

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Generation essentials

Use the prompt to explain what to create and attachments to provide evidence. For example: Create a seven-slide executive update from the attached report. Preserve every reported figure and end with three decisions.
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Open Create new Presentation

Select Create new Presentation from the Cloud dashboard.

Open the Cloud generator

Close-up of the Presenton Cloud generator with prompt, attachments, controls, and Get Started
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Choose Standard or Smart

Choose Standard for template-based layouts or Smart for content-driven composition.

Switch between Standard and Smart

Selecting Standard and Smart presentation modes
3

Set the slides and language

Choose Auto slides or a fixed count, then select the output language.

Choose Auto slides or a fixed slide count

Close-up of the Cloud slide-count control and fixed slide options

Select the presentation language

Close-up of the Cloud output-language menu
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Add the prompt and files

Describe the presentation you want. Attach reference files when Presenton should use specific source material.

Describe the presentation you want

Close-up of the Cloud prompt and attachment areas with a presentation topic entered

Attach files beside the prompt

Reference file attached beside the Cloud prompt
5

Review Advanced settings

Set tone, verbosity, title slide, table of contents, web search, or additional instructions when needed.

Adjust only the settings you need

Close-up of Advanced settings for tone, verbosity, structure, web search, and instructions
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Get started

Select Get Started, review the outline, and choose the design before generating the presentation.

Review the outline before generating slides

Close-up of a generated presentation outline ready for review
After generation, the presentation opens in the editor.

Continue in the Presenton Editor

Generated Cloud presentation open in the Presenton Editor

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Verify source-based presentations

  • Compare important names, dates, claims, and figures with the original files.
  • Recalculate totals, percentages, and changes shown in tables or charts.
  • Confirm units, reporting periods, category labels, and data sources.
  • Review image relevance, cropping, and usage rights.
  • Inspect the exported PPTX or PDF for overflow, clipping, and layout changes.

Refine the presentation

Choose direct Canvas editing or the AI assistant for the changes you still need.

Export the result

Download the verified presentation as PPTX or PDF.