Slides from a document: turn a report, PDF or Word file into a deck
You have a 30-page report and a meeting where you get ten minutes. This prompt has your todo.is agent read the attached document, pull out the points that matter for your audience, rebuild its tables as charts, and turn it all into an editable PowerPoint with speaker notes, citing the page each point came from.
The prompt
- Turn the attached [DOCUMENT TYPE] into a [NUMBER OF SLIDES]-slide PowerPoint for [AUDIENCE]. Focus on [WHAT MATTERS MOST]. Read the whole document first, then: one title slide, an agenda, one slide per key finding with a takeaway headline and 3 short bullets, charts rebuilt from the document's tables (not screenshots), a summary slide and a next-steps slide. Use only facts from the document, and put the source page number in each slide's speaker notes. Keep important figures and images from the document where they help. Style: [STYLE]. Deliver an editable .pptx and a PDF.
What to change
- [DOCUMENT TYPE]: E.g. "annual report PDF", "Word research paper", "project proposal", "meeting notes". Attach it (up to 50 MB).
- [NUMBER OF SLIDES]: E.g. "8" for a short update, "15" for a full briefing.
- [AUDIENCE]: E.g. "the board", "new hires", "my seminar class", "a client who hasn't read the report".
- [WHAT MATTERS MOST]: E.g. "costs and risks", "the three main recommendations", "results, not methods".
- [STYLE]: E.g. "match our attached template", "clean white with dark green", "the document's own colours and logo".
Example result
- Deck from "Riverside District Water Report 2025" (34-page PDF)
- 12 slides · for the town council · focus: costs, risks and recommendations · clean white with dark green
- Slide by slide
- • 1. Title: Riverside water: what the 2025 report means for the council
- • 2. Agenda: findings, costs, risks, recommendations, decisions needed
- • 3. Demand is rising: "Peak summer demand grew faster than supply." Line chart rebuilt from Table 3 (p. 8)
- • 4. Ageing pipes: "A third of the network is over 60 years old." Bar chart by district (Table 5, p. 12)
- • 5. Leakage: "Leaks are the biggest controllable loss." Key figure from p. 14 in large type
- • 6. Cost of doing nothing: three bullets on repair costs and supply interruptions (pp. 18 to 19)
- • 7. Option A: pipe replacement programme: cost range, timeline, impact (p. 22)
- • 8. Option B: smart meters and leak detection: cost range, timeline, impact (p. 24)
- • 9. Comparison: A vs B table, rebuilt from p. 26
- • 10. Risks: drought years, contractor capacity, funding gaps (p. 29)
- • 11. Summary: the report recommends starting with B, then phasing in A
- • 12. Decisions needed: approve a feasibility budget; set a public consultation date
- Example speaker notes, slide 4
- "Table 5 on page 12 breaks down pipe age by district. The east side has the oldest network, which matches the complaint data in Appendix B."
- What was left out, and why
- • Methodology chapter (pp. 3 to 6): not needed for a decision meeting, but summarised in one note on slide 2
- • Appendix tables: available as backup slides if you ask
- Files delivered
- • water_report_briefing.pptx: editable text and native charts
- • water_report_briefing.pdf
How to do it with todo.is
- Copy the prompt and fill in the document type, slide count, audience, focus and style.
- Attach the document (PDF, Word, PowerPoint or Excel) and paste the prompt into todo.is or send it to your agent.
- Open the .pptx and check the speaker notes: each one says which page it came from.
- Ask for edits by slide number or a shorter version ("make a 5-slide summary of this deck").
Tips for a better result
- Tell your agent what decision or question the audience has. The same report makes a very different deck for a board than for new staff.
- Ask for charts rebuilt from tables, not screenshots. They stay sharp, editable and on-brand.
- For scanned PDFs, mention it. Your agent runs OCR first, and you should check the numbers it reads.
- Ask for backup slides with extra detail at the end, so you can answer questions without crowding the main deck.
slides from a document: FAQ
- Can I turn a PDF into PowerPoint slides? Yes. Attach the PDF and your agent writes a new deck from its content. If you want each PDF page converted as-is instead, ask for a PDF to PowerPoint conversion.
- Does it work with Word documents and notes? Yes. Word files, PDFs, PowerPoint, Excel, text files and even photos of printed pages work. Uploads can be up to 50 MB each.
- Will it add information that isn't in my document? Not unless you ask. The prompt tells it to use only the document and cite page numbers, so you can check every point.
- Can I use my company's slide template? Yes. Attach the template .pptx and your agent builds the slides with its layouts, fonts and colours.
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