You already have a PPT — just revise it

The file is already in your hands. You just want to change the wording, clean up the layout, or drop a few pages. Upload the original, and say what to keep, change, or cut.

Upload a file and revise it

1. Upload the original and say what to keep, change, or cut

Upload a PPT or PDF. Our example is a short SpaceX IPO roadshow PDF. In the box, say what to keep, change, or cut. We wrote: Revise this SpaceX roadshow. Keep the page order and the facts. Remove the internal file-path headers. Make it easier to present. Do not rewrite it from scratch.

Then click Generate outline.

CreatePPTX home with a SpaceX IPO roadshow PDF attached and a prompt to revise it — Upload the original, write what to keep, change, or cut, then click Generate outline.

2. After you send it, leave this tab open

A progress bar will show up. Stay on this page until it finishes. When it's done, slides start on their own.

If you didn't ask for a page count, it follows the original. If you close the tab and don't come back, the slides may not be ready. Open the project again to continue.

Progress screen. Stay on this page until the slides are ready — Stay on this page. When the progress bar finishes, slides start on their own.

3. The page count will match the original

This roadshow had seven pages. The result still has seven pages, in the same order. Then you'll land in the editor. If a page is wrong, change that page.

Seven revised slides matching the original roadshow, as they start to appear — Same page count and order as the original. Then you can edit.

4. Click in and fix a sentence

Titles and body text work like a normal PowerPoint. Change one sentence on that page.

Editor showing the Our Mission slide with the title selected — Click the title or the body to edit.

5. Export PPT or PDF

When it looks right, click Export. Choose PPTX if you'll keep editing in PowerPoint. Choose PDF if you just need to send a file.

Export menu with Export PPTX highlighted — If you'll keep editing, choose PPTX.

If it turned into a different talk

Check these:

You only wrote “make it nicer,” with no keep / change / cut.
You wrote “make a new presentation from this PDF,” or you named a page count. That starts a new deck instead of revising this one.

You actually want a new deck from a document?

See How to turn a PDF or Word file into slides. For a class with formulas and graphs, see Turn a lesson into classroom slides.