Start with your source
Upload a DOCX, PDF, TXT or Markdown file, or paste a public webpage URL. SlidesMate extracts the text and uses it to generate a slide draft you can edit in your browser.
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Choose Upload file, or Paste a link and select Extract. Use the report section, proposal or brief that contains the facts your audience needs.
Review the displayed text preview and character count. Check names, figures and table labels before generating. Choose between 5 and 30 slides; the default is 10.
Select Generate Slides to open the saved draft in the editor. Check every claim against the source, adjust the order and wording, and review each slide before sharing.
This workflow creates a new presentation from extracted text. It does not faithfully convert document pages, recreate source charts or carry over your Word theme.
| Source | What to prepare |
|---|---|
| Word (.docx) | Extracts document text. Fonts, page layout, embedded images and table design are not reproduced. Save legacy .doc files as .docx first. |
| PDF (.pdf) | Uses extractable text. Scanned pages and image-only PDFs need OCR in another tool before import. |
| Text (.txt) and Markdown (.md) | Reads UTF-8 text as source material for AI generation. For explicit slide separators and direct Markdown authoring, use the Markdown editor. |
| Public webpage URL | Fetches a public HTTP or HTTPS page and extracts readable article or main-page text. Login-only pages, private-network addresses and content requiring browser interaction are unsuitable. |
Want to write each slide yourself? Open the Markdown editor.
Put the decision, key facts and required sections early. For long reports, export the relevant section as a separate file. Check tables after extraction: a value without its row label or unit can change meaning.
Files: up to 10 MiB (10,485,760 bytes), shown as “10 MB” in the upload screen.
Public URLs: up to 5 MiB (5,242,880 bytes) of downloaded content, including a remotely fetched PDF. Use a directly readable page rather than a login or interactive app.
Text: extraction returns up to 50,000 characters, including a truncation marker when needed; generation uses only the first 30,000 source characters. Keep your source below 30,000 characters so important details are included.
Review: OCR is not provided. AI can omit context or introduce assumptions. Verify figures, dates, citations and suggested actions against the original document.
Project Willow is a fictional inventory pilot brief. The source DOCX was actually extracted to text. Below, compare an actual AI-generated five-slide draft with a separate manually authored interpretation from the same text. These are fictional teaching examples, not customer results.
We also ran this source through the actual local DOCX extraction, AI generation and save flow. The five-slide draft below is untouched: it retained the budget and timeline but omitted the explicit no-results statement and both named approvers. Review those omissions before adapting it.
Download the generated PPTXGenerated draft PDF
Approve a 60-day inventory pilot at 8 fictional stores. Approval is requested by November 20, 2026. Owner: Jordan Vale, operations lead.
The brief proposes a $48,000 budget ceiling and explicitly says no improvement has been measured. It specifies a two-week stockout baseline, a delivery plan and the risk of incomplete store logs.
The opening keeps the scope and proposed ceiling together. A separate measurement slide preserves the “no improvement has been measured” qualification. Apply the same source check to your AI draft.
For the Word-specific process, read how to turn a Word document into a presentation. Browse more sample decks to compare structures.
Start with a focused document, review what was extracted, then edit the generated draft for your audience. See export help before choosing your final file format.
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