# Guides to better business presentations > Practical guides on structuring, writing and designing presentations, and on using AI to build them without losing control of your content or brand. - Source: https://ai-presentations.com/guides/ - Updated: 21 October 2026 - Language: English - German version: https://ai-presentations.com/de/ratgeber/ ## Pages - [Make a presentation with AI](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/how-to-make-a-presentation-with-ai/): Brief the AI, approve the outline, check every number, then edit and export. Seven steps, a comparison of tools and a brief you can copy. - [Can ChatGPT make a PowerPoint?](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/can-chatgpt-make-a-powerpoint/): Yes. Three ways to get a PowerPoint from ChatGPT as of October 2026, how to prompt it, how it treats your template and what to check before you send it. - [Structure a presentation](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/how-to-structure-a-presentation/): How to structure a presentation for work: lead with the answer, match the order to your purpose, use skeletons for decisions, updates, pitches and proposals. - [Apply a template to a deck](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/apply-template-to-existing-presentation/): How to put a new PowerPoint template on a finished deck: paste slides with Use Destination Theme or apply a theme, then reapply layouts and fix the leftovers. - [ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot for PowerPoint](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/chatgpt-claude-copilot-for-powerpoint/): What ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot each produce for PowerPoint as of October 2026: where they work, the file you get, how they treat your template, and limits. - [Pyramid principle](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/pyramid-principle/): The pyramid principle by Barbara Minto: give the answer first, group the support and order it. With a worked example and an outline you can reuse for a deck. - [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. - [How many slides?](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/how-many-slides/): 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes? Plan one slide per 1 to 2 minutes of talking, subtract the time for questions and leave the appendix out. With a table and examples. - [Action titles](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/action-titles/): Write slide headlines as full sentences. Six rules for action titles, twelve before-and-after examples and a quick test you can run on any deck. - [Presentation rules](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/presentation-rules/): What the 10-20-30, 5-5-5 and 7-7-7 rules say, where each one helps, where it misleads and which are worth following in a work deck. - [Slide master in PowerPoint](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/slide-master/): Open, edit and save the slide master in PowerPoint: fonts, colors, logo, layouts, placeholders and footers, with exact menu paths and fixes for common problems. - [Choosing the right chart](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/choosing-the-right-chart/): Which chart fits which message: bars to compare, lines for trends, a waterfall for bridges. Includes when a pie works, when a table beats a chart, common traps. - [Presenting to executives](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/presenting-to-executives/): How to present to executives and senior management: lead with the recommendation, plan for a shortened slot, keep detail in the appendix and send a pre-read. - [Corporate design template](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/corporate-design-powerpoint-template/): Where to find your company's PowerPoint template and how to build a corporate design template with theme colors, fonts, logo and layouts, then share it. - [Elevator pitch examples](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/elevator-pitch-examples/): Eight fictional elevator pitch examples for founders, consultants, freelancers, job seekers and internal projects, each as a 30 and a 60-second version. - [Executive summary examples](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/executive-summary-examples/): Six fictional executive summaries, annotated: business plan, project report, proposal, annual report, consulting study and investor update, plus a checklist. - [Copilot with a company template](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/copilot-powerpoint-company-template/): Can Copilot in PowerPoint use your company template? Yes, through a Brand kit: how to prepare the template, upload it, set strict mode and check the result. - [Hire a presentation designer](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/hire-a-presentation-designer/): Hire a presentation design service, build in-house or use a tool: a decision frame, a briefing checklist, a quote table to fill in and a worked cost example. - [Best fonts for presentations](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/best-fonts-for-presentations/): Which fonts work for presentations, how many to use, what size to set and how to stop fonts changing when a PowerPoint file opens on another computer. - [Gamma to PowerPoint](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/gamma-to-powerpoint/): Export a Gamma to PowerPoint, then fix what changes: fonts, the missing slide master, gradients and failed exports. Steps from Gamma's own help pages. --- ai-presentations.com is published by Slaide (https://www.slaide.de), a sole proprietorship run by Nathalie Scholl in Heilbronn, Germany. 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