# Text to presentation with AI: turn a memo, article or draft into slides > The AI turns text into a presentation. Write the request, paste short text or attach longer material as .txt or .md, answer up to four questions and approve a page plan before anything is built. A request holds up to 100,000 characters, and long material belongs in attachments. The deck is written in the language of your request. The AI is instructed not to invent figures and to label assumptions; compare every number with your text before you send the deck. - Source: https://ai-presentations.com/convert/text-to-presentation/ - Updated: 22 October 2026 - Language: English - German version: https://ai-presentations.com/de/umwandeln/text-in-praesentation/ ## At a glance - A request holds up to 100,000 characters; long material goes in as attachments - Attach .txt, .md, .csv, .json or .html files, or Word, PDF and Excel files - On a computer, up to four questions and a page plan come before the build - The deck follows the language of your request, not of your text ## Steps 1. **Write the request, then add the text.** Say who the deck is for and what it has to achieve. Paste short text into the request, or attach longer material with the paperclip as a .txt or .md file. 2. **Answer the questions.** On a computer, the AI asks up to four questions where the request leaves gaps. “I'll take it from here” lets the AI answer the remaining questions itself. 3. **Approve the plan.** The page plan has one card per slide and a “What I assumed” list. Edit a card, use “Tweak it”, or approve with “Let's go”, and the slides are built and checked one by one. 4. **Edit and export.** Change text by hand or ask in the chat, then export a PowerPoint file. Hand edits and exports use no credits; AI changes use credits. ## Spec sheet | Item | Detail | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | Request length | Up to 100,000 characters per request; long material goes in as attachments. | Yes | | Attachments | .txt, .md, .csv, .json and .html, plus PDF, Word and Excel. 30 MB per file, 10 files at a time, about 60 MB per request. | Yes | | Files as source material | Files serve as source material. Write your instructions in the request and keep the text itself in the attachment. | Yes | | Language | The deck is written in the language of your request, and you can name any target language. | Yes | | Slides per deck | Free: 12 slides planned, the first 3 built. Plus: 12 slides per deck. Pro and Max: up to 500 slides. | Yes | | Questions and plan | On a computer, up to four questions and a page plan with one card per slide come before the first build of a new document. | Yes | | Assumptions and figures | The AI is instructed to label assumptions and to keep your numbers on layout edits. The closing chat message names material assumptions. | Yes | | Credits | Planning, building and AI changes use credits; the free plan covers one free document. Hand edits and exports use none. | Yes | Text becomes a presentation when someone decides what to keep. The AI reads your text, asks about the gaps and proposes a page plan. You decide what the deck has to say before it builds a single slide. ## Should you paste the text or attach it? Short text can go straight into the request. A request holds up to 100,000 characters, and long material belongs in attachments. | You have | Do this | | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | A few paragraphs or a short draft | Paste it into the request, after your instructions | | A long memo, article or transcript | Attach it as a .txt or .md file and write the instructions in the request | | Text plus a PDF, a Word file or a workbook | Attach them together, up to 10 files at a time | There is a second reason to attach: files are source material. Write what you want in the request and keep the text itself in the attachment. Text and data files (.txt, .md, .csv, .json, .html) work as sources, and so do PDF, Word and Excel files. A file can be up to 30 MB, a document can hold 100 attachments, and one request carries about 60 MB of attachments. ## Which texts become good presentations? A memo, an article, a speech or script, a transcript, a draft proposal or a long email can all be the material. What they share is that someone already thought about the subject. What they often lack is a decision about what the audience should take away. Rough notes rather than finished text? See [notes to slides](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/notes-to-slides/). Three cases and how to handle them: - **Transcripts.** Spoken text repeats itself and wanders. Tell the AI which parts to use, for example “use the second half, about the pilot results”. - **Text without numbers.** Attach the data if you want charts, so the AI can work from your real figures. - **Several versions.** Attach the current one, so that you do not have to hunt for contradictions between two drafts. ## How do you write the request so the deck makes a point? **Steps** 1. **Name the audience and the decision.** “For the executive committee, to approve the pilot” gives the AI something to select for. “Make slides from this text” does not. 2. **Say what to keep and what to leave out.** “Use sections 2 and 4, skip the history” saves a round of edits. 3. **Set the length.** Name the number of slides, or the AI picks one. The guide on [how many slides a presentation needs](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/how-many-slides/) helps you choose. 4. **Ask for action titles.** A title that states the conclusion does the summarizing for the reader. The [guide to action titles](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/action-titles/) shows how. 5. **Set the rule for facts.** “Use only what the text says and mark anything else as an assumption” keeps the deck close to your source. If a figure is missing, the AI may ask whether to use your real data or placeholders. The AI searches the web when a document needs current or unfamiliar public facts, such as market figures, prices or legal rules. Its searches are phrased as general public questions; uploads, customer names and internal figures are not copied into them. If the deck must hold only what your text says, write that in the request. The guide to [AI presentation prompts](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/ai-presentation-prompts/) has more wording to borrow, and for a pitch the [pitch deck template](https://ai-presentations.com/templates/pitch-deck/) shows a structure that works. ## What happens before the build starts? On a computer, the AI asks up to four questions about points your request leaves open and shows a page plan to approve before the build, as in the steps above. How it treats gaps in rough material is described on [notes to slides](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/notes-to-slides/). Three more things to know: - **Slides per deck.** Free: 12 slides planned, the first 3 built. Plus: 12 slides per deck. Pro and Max: up to 500 slides. - **Language.** The deck is written in the language of your request, not of your text, your interface or your browser. Name the target language in the request to choose it. - **Credits.** Planning, building and AI changes use credits; the free plan covers one free document. Hand edits and exports use none. ## What should you check before you send the deck? **Key takeaways** - **Figures.** Compare every number on the slides with your text. - **Claims.** Check each claim on the slides against your text and your own sources. - **Assumptions.** Read the closing message in the chat: it names material assumptions. - **Speaker notes.** Ask for notes if the text is your script; they are stored in the PowerPoint file. - **Fonts.** Open the exported file once on the presenting laptop to see the deck as your audience will. ## How does this route differ from PowerPoint's outline import? If your text is already an outline and you have decided what each slide says, PowerPoint can build the slides from it (as of October 2026, in desktop PowerPoint); see [Word to PowerPoint](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/word-to-powerpoint/). This route fits when the text is material and the deck has to decide what to keep: a different length, a storyline, your company design and titles that make a point. When the result is read rather than presented, the AI also builds A4 reports and one-pagers, which export as Word files; the page on the [AI report generator](https://ai-presentations.com/ai-report-generator/) describes them. ## Brief for the AI A complete brief for the AI. Replace the [placeholders] with your facts. ```text Turn the attached text [file name, for example our pitch draft] into a [10]-slide presentation for [audience, for example early-stage investors]. Goal: [what the audience should decide or remember]. Use only what the text says; where a figure or claim is missing, mark it as an assumption instead of inventing one. Structure: [the problem, the solution, the market, the team and the ask]. Give every slide an action title that states its conclusion. Leave out [passages to skip, for example the background chapter]. Write the deck in [English]. Style: [our company template, or clean and modern], 16:9. ``` [Open this brief in the editor](https://app.slaide.de/registrieren?prompt=Turn+the+attached+text+%5Bfile+name%2C+for+example+our+pitch+draft%5D+into+a+%5B10%5D-slide+presentation+for+%5Baudience%2C+for+example+early-stage+investors%5D.+Goal%3A+%5Bwhat+the+audience+should+decide+or+remember%5D.+Use+only+what+the+text+says%3B+where+a+figure+or+claim+is+missing%2C+mark+it+as+an+assumption+instead+of+inventing+one.+Structure%3A+%5Bthe+problem%2C+the+solution%2C+the+market%2C+the+team+and+the+ask%5D.+Give+every+slide+an+action+title+that+states+its+conclusion.+Leave+out+%5Bpassages+to+skip%2C+for+example+the+background+chapter%5D.+Write+the+deck+in+%5BEnglish%5D.+Style%3A+%5Bour+company+template%2C+or+clean+and+modern%5D%2C+16%3A9.&utm_source=ai-presentations.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=converter%3Atext&utm_content=markdown) ## Frequently asked questions ### Can AI turn text into a presentation? Yes. You paste short text or attach longer material, say who the deck is for, answer up to four questions and approve a page plan; the AI then builds the slides one by one. Compare every figure with your text before you send it. ### How much text fits in one request? A request holds up to 100,000 characters, and long material belongs in attachments. Attach .txt, .md, .csv, .json or .html files, or Word, PDF and Excel files: up to 30 MB per file, 10 files at a time and about 60 MB of active attachments per request. ### How does the AI treat facts that are not in my text? The AI is instructed not to fill gaps with invented figures and to label assumptions. It searches the web when a document needs current or unfamiliar public facts, such as market figures or legal rules, and its searches are phrased as general public questions, with no uploads, customer names or internal figures. If the deck must hold only what your text says, write that in the request. ### Which language will the deck be in? The language of your request, not of your text, your interface or your browser. You can name any target language in the request. ### What happens to my text? Files are stored in the EU. When AI builds or changes a deck, the request and the content it needs go to language-model providers in the USA, and use for training is excluded by contract. With sensitive text, check first whether processing in the USA is permitted for you. ## Related pages - [Notes to slides](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/notes-to-slides/): Turn rough notes, bullet points or meeting notes into slides with AI: paste, attach or speak them, answer a few questions and approve a page plan. - [Report to presentation](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/report-to-presentation/): Attach the PDF or Word report, lead with the summary, write action titles and approve a plan first. Turn a long report into a short deck with AI. - [Word to PowerPoint](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/word-to-powerpoint/): Turn a Word file into PowerPoint: import the .docx so its headings become slides, or let the AI write a new deck from the text. Microsoft's routes included. - [AI presentation prompts](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/ai-presentation-prompts/): Ten complete AI presentation prompts for work decks: board update, QBR, pitch deck, proposal and more. Each names audience, goal, slides, data and style. - [Pitch deck](https://ai-presentations.com/templates/pitch-deck/): Ten slides for a seed round: problem, solution, market, traction, unit economics, competition, team and the ask. A pitch deck template with a worked example. --- ai-presentations.com is published by Slaide (https://www.slaide.de), a sole proprietorship run by Nathalie Scholl in Heilbronn, Germany. [How this site is written, checked and corrected](https://ai-presentations.com/editorial-policy/).