pptx Skill for AI Agents

# PPTX Processing

Comprehensive guidance for working with PowerPoint presentations.

## Core Functions

### Reading & Analysis

- Extract text for content analysis
- Access raw XML for detailed elements
- Read comments and speaker notes
- Analyze design properties

### Creating Presentations

Two primary workflows:

**From scratch:**
1. Convert HTML slides with custom design
2. Use appropriate colors and fonts (web-safe only)
3. Ensure readability
4. Validate layouts through thumbnail grids

**From templates:**
1. Duplicate template slides
2. Replace content via inventory and replacement
3. Preserve original formatting

### Editing Existing Presentations

1. Unpack PPTX files
2. Modify XML content
3. Validate changes
4. Repack using OOXML format

## Key Workflows

### New Presentation Creation

1. State design approach first
2. Select appropriate colors and fonts
3. Ensure text readability
4. Validate layouts visually

### Template-Based Presentations

1. Extract template inventory
2. Analyze layouts visually
3. Create content outlines
4. Rearrange slides as needed
5. Apply text replacements
6. Preserve formatting

### Validation

Always validate after edits before finalizing presentations.

## Best Practices

- Match layout structures to actual content
- Don't force content into mismatched templates
- Use web-safe fonts only
- Test readability at presentation size
- Preserve template styling

## Common Operations

- Slide duplication and rearrangement
- Text replacement while preserving format
- Adding images and shapes
- Modifying speaker notes
- Extracting content for analysis