Turn a PowerPoint presentation into a reusable custom design for Smart presentations.
Use Design Studio to convert a filled PowerPoint presentation into a reusable custom design for Smart mode. Presenton analyzes the source slides, resolves their fonts, and generates a design that Smart presentations can use with flexible content.
Design creation is a Presenton Cloud Smart-mode workflow. For fixed Standard layouts, use Template creation.
Flexible slide composition based on the source presentation’s visual direction
Template
Standard
Predictable layouts converted from individual source slides
Upload a filled PPTX with representative content and a consistent visual system. An empty master or slides made only from placeholders do not give Design Studio enough information to analyze the design reliably.
Start a new presentation. Open the mode selector and choose Smart.
Open the presentation generator
Select Smart for flexible design-based generation
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Open Design Studio
In Choose a design, select Create new design. You can start from the creation card, the button beside the section heading, or the empty state under Your designs.
Default designs
Your designs
Built-in Smart designs and the Create new design action
Create the first custom design from the empty state
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Upload the source PPTX
In Design Studio, select Upload PPTX File and choose the filled PowerPoint presentation whose visual design you want to reuse. The displayed limits are PPTX only, up to 100 MB, with an estimated five-minute generation time.
Upload a PowerPoint presentation to Design Studio
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Check the detected fonts
After the file appears, select Check Fonts. Presenton supplies fonts it can resolve and identifies any font files that must be uploaded manually.
Uploaded PPTX ready for font analysis
Continue after all required fonts are available
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Preview the source slides
Select Continue to Preview. Review the detected slides and confirm that typography, images, spacing, and the overall design match the source PPTX.
Review the source slides before generating the design
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Name and generate the design
Select Generate Design, enter a clear name, and confirm generation. Use a name that identifies the brand, team, or intended presentation type.
Name the reusable Smart design
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Wait for asynchronous generation
Design generation runs asynchronously. You can stay on the page or select Go to Designs. Presenton displays the request status and sends an email when the design is ready.
Design generation request accepted for asynchronous processing
Open Designs from the dashboard. Default contains designs provided by Presenton; Your designs contains designs generated from your PPTX files.
Default
Your designs
Built-in designs supplied by Presenton
Generated custom design under Your designs
To create a Smart presentation with the design:
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Select the custom design
Start a Smart presentation, enter the prompt and optional attachments, open Your designs, and select the custom design. Then select Get Started.
Select a custom design for Smart generation
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Wait for the outline
Presenton analyzes the prompt and sources, optionally performs web search, and builds the presentation outline.
Smart presentation outline generation in progress
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Review the outline
Review the title, slide order, content, and supporting points. Reorder or remove slides where required, then select Generate Presentation.
Review Smart presentation content before generation
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Review the generated presentation
Check every slide for content accuracy, layout quality, image relevance, and text overflow. Use the editor and AI Assistant for refinements, then export the verified presentation.
Smart presentation generated with the custom design