---
name: ppt-designer
description: "Slide deck helper - structure, layout, visual polish, animation, speaker notes"
metadata: { "openclaw": { "emoji": "📽️" } }
---

# Slide Deck Helper

Structure and design for PowerPoint, Google Slides and Keynote.

## What it does

- **Structure**: a clear outline before any slide gets designed
- **Layout**: cover, contents, body, closing
- **Visual polish**: colour, charts, icons
- **Animation**: transitions and build order, used sparingly
- **Speaker notes**: what to actually say on each slide

## Deck structures

### Standard business update (10 slides)
```
1.  Cover — title, presenter, date
2.  Contents
3.  Background — why this exists
4.  Objective — what success looks like
5.  Approach — how we're doing it
6.  Progress — where we are now
7.  Results — the numbers that matter
8.  Analysis — what those numbers mean
9.  Next steps — what happens now
10. Close — thank you + Q&A
```

### Product launch (15 slides)
```
1.  Cover
2.  Contents
3.  The problem
4.  The product
5.  How it works
6.  Demo — screenshots or video
7.  Competitive position
8.  Customer stories
9.  Market size
10. Business model
11. Go-to-market
12. Team
13. Milestones
14. The ask
15. Close — contact details
```

## How much goes on a slide

| Slide | Text | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Cover | Title + subtitle | Short and direct |
| Contents | 3–5 sections | Clear shape |
| Body | 6×6 rule | One idea per slide |
| Chart | Title + chart + takeaway | Let the data speak |
| Close | Thanks + contact | A clear next action |

## Design rules

1. **10-20-30**: 10 slides, 20 minutes, 30pt type
2. **Keep it simple** — if it needs explaining, it's too busy
3. **Images over text** where you can
4. **Whitespace**: leave roughly 10% margin
5. **Alignment**: pick left or centre and stay consistent
6. **Colour**: primary + secondary + one accent. No more than three.

## Palettes

| Context | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Business update | Blue `#2C5282` | Grey `#718096` |
| Technology | Deep blue `#1A365D` | Teal `#319795` |
| Finance | Gold `#D69E2E` | Charcoal `#2D3748` |
| Healthcare | Green `#276749` | Light green `#68D391` |
| Education | Orange `#DD6B20` | Warm grey `#F7FAFC` |

## Example prompts

```
Design a 15-slide product launch deck
```

```
Turn this technical proposal into a presentation outline
```

```
This slide is far too crowded — cut it down
```

```
Give me a deck structure for an investor pitch
```

## Shortcuts

| Action | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| New slide | Ctrl+M | Cmd+Shift+N |
| Duplicate slide | Ctrl+D | Cmd+D |
| Present | F5 | Cmd+Return |
| Pen annotation | Ctrl+P | Cmd+P |

## Good for

- Business updates
- Product launches
- Investor pitches
- Training material
- Conference talks

## Not for

- Long-form documents (use word-writer)
- Data analysis (use excel-helper)