Has anyone here used sharayeh.com ?

I’m looking for feedback on the AI-generated presentation quality, especially for RTL content and educational/business slides.

How does it compare to tools like Gamma or Canva Docs?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a project called sharayeh.com that helps turn documents into presentation slides automatically.

The idea started because I noticed how much time people spend:

• copying content from Word/PDF into PowerPoint
• restructuring lectures or reports
• formatting slides manually
• creating training decks from long documents

So I’m building a workflow where users can upload:

• PDFs
• Word docs
• educational material
• reports / notes

…and generate organized presentation slides much faster.

I’m especially interested in:

• educators
• students
• trainers
• consultants
• anyone creating decks frequently

Would love honest feedback from this community on:

• What’s the most annoying part of creating PowerPoints?
• What features would actually save you time?
• What existing AI presentation tools still do badly?

Also curious: Would you prefer:

1. fully editable PPTX output
2. beautiful designed slides
3. faster bulk conversion
4. speaker notes / summaries
5. animation suggestions

Appreciate any thoughts or brutal feedback 🙌

Hello,

I am trying to place a specific slide from deck A into a dashboard deck B. the deck A gets constantly updated so i want the deck B to show the latest version of deck A. I also want to always link to the same slide number in deck A. ie when deck A gets updated, slide #1 is the new updated version and the older version goes below to slide 2, so if the link to the content in deck A is constant, it will continue to link to that slide that becomes obsolete, but it always needs to link to slide 1 in deck A. i hope that's clear?

the way i did it so far i copy the correct slide from deck A, then go to deck B, paste special and copy link. by doing this it creates some artefacts that i don't like. (see picture below)

is there a better way ot achieve this?

I created a design-heavy presentation using Claude Design AI (modern UI style, layered effects, gradients, glassmorphism, etc.), and I’m struggling to export it into a usable PowerPoint format without the design breaking or quality dropping.

Claude gives these export options:

• Download project as .zip
• Export as PDF
• Export as PPTX
• Send to Canva
• Export as standalone HTML
• Handoff to Claude Code

Here’s what I tried so far:

1. Canva route

• Sent the deck to Canva
• Tried exporting as PNG → got “An error occurred”
• Tried copying slides into a new Canva file → same issue
• Tried deleting all other slides and exporting 1 slide at a time → still failed

So I’m wondering:

• Is this because I’m using Canva Free?
• Or is the deck simply too complex/heavy for Canva’s rendering/export engine?

1. PDF route

• Exporting as PDF partially works
• BUT the PDF preview itself already shows some slides incorrectly before downloading
• When I convert the PDF to JPG/PNG using iLovePDF, quality is around 90% preserved, but the rendering errors from the preview are still there

This makes me think the issue is happening during export + rendering itself.

1. HTML route

• Exporting as standalone HTML actually preserved the design perfectly
• Opening in Chrome showed no rendering issues
• The problem is converting that into PPT format

The only method I found was:

• manually screenshotting each slide
• inserting screenshots into PowerPoint as: Format Background → Picture or Texture Fill

This preserves the look, but on large/projector screens the screenshots lose quality and look blurry.

Main questions:

1. What is the best workflow to preserve BOTH quality and editability for complex AI-generated presentations?
2. Is there a better way to convert standalone HTML slides into high-resolution PPT slides?
3. Is there a way to capture/export browser-rendered HTML slides in ultra-high resolution?
4. How do professional designers handle this kind of issue with AI-generated decks?

Would really appreciate advice from anyone who has worked with Claude Design / Gamma / Figma AI / HTML-based presentation workflows.

I have created dozens of these Powerpoints that look fine when I open them, and they look fine when I pdf them. But for some reason, the preview thumbnail versions all show text in white instead of black. First image is how it's supposed to look, second is how the preview image looks. I have no idea how to fix this! I'm not finding anything anywhere online to help me... One thought I had is that it might look different on a PC but I have no way of testing it. I just know the client will not be happy about this so I need to figure it out

Thanks you in advance!

Microsoft® PowerPoint for Mac Desktop Version 16.101.3 (25100321)

So, this is an occurrence that's happened a few times, between variations of Powerpoint, but I cannot figure out why.

My spouse and I are hosting a panel this weekend, and hosted the same panel last year. I made the panel in Powerpoint 2010 a few years ago, and embedded music into the Powerpoint as of last year. It worked fine on my PC (Windows 10) and we pushed it to a drive and off we went.

However, when we reached the con and opened the Powerpoint on our cohosts computer - I'm not sure what version; it was newer as of last year, and I can contact said person to find out if that becomes a bone of contention - all of the sound files were Silent. The little icon was there, but it refused to play. (We had the files with us on the flash drive, luckily). Reembedding it, the file worked like nothing happened.

Cut to this year. We just took the same Powerpoint, where all the files worked on my PC and my Spouse's PC, even after a transfer, and updated it, adding a few more sounds, before putting it on their Laptop for travel. Now, yet again, the sound files don't work - but for some reason, it's only the old ones! The new sound files? No problem! The old sound files? Absolutely not.

My spouse was opening it in PPT+ this time. I'm on Windows 10 still, so is their laptop. ETA: I missed a detail, whoops: I've been using desktop powerpoint, and so did our friend and my spouse.

I was honestly certain it was a version compatibility issue last year, but the fact that the new sound files play just fine while the old ones don't makes me wonder if I did something wrong in the embed - this is very possible, I know just enough to be dangerous and no more - or if there's actually a compatibility issue we're dealing with.

Like

- Job

- Deal/Money

- Reputation/ Credibility/fame

What else?

In MS-Word, sometimes we have to apply different colors to different pages,For example, if one page is of blue color then maybe the another one we want is of red or yellow, in these cases most of the peoples apply those colours using shape or text feature, as it is compatible for one or few pages, but when it comes to apply on many pages, it becomes an headache to do it manually.

So should we really sit with this problem or Microsoft team should take actions to this issue...!!

Asking for my office. For adults. Need an easy to follow book preferably spiral bound ?
Personally I’m getting Echo’s book on templates ;) Thanks!

It is good to know that I'm not making presentations to present them to a public or anything similar (Slide Show), I basically create slides that I'll later on record one by one and export the whole PowerPoint presentation as a single video. I've already done this for a couple projects, but now I'm using a secondary monitor while trying to record the slides and realizing how hard it is to keep my secondary monitor free or not overtaken by PowerPoint in any way.

In short: Is it even possible to RECORD (not present a Slide Show) on my main monitor without PowerPoint taking over my secondary monitor in any way?

Like

- Job

- Deal/Money

- Reputation/ Credibility

What else?

Real project. Large company, six subsidiaries, 18+ source documents, a deadline that didn't move. Here's the honest version.

What I did wrong first

Mistake #1: Editing an existing PPT file. Claude re-reads the entire file from scratch every single time. One session burned 60% of its context window just to insert one slide. Total trap.

Mistake #2: Dumping everything into one session. More context isn't always better. Irrelevant documents quietly degrade the output. I started calling it "context contamination."

The workflow that actually worked

Phase 1 — Plan in chat first. Before touching any slide, use Claude chat to read your source material and build the outline. You have to understand your own material — Claude can't judge whether a structure makes sense. Your judgment is not optional.

Phase 2 — Extract data with the Office plugins. Claude in Word can cross-reference multiple open documents simultaneously. Claude in Excel answers open-ended analytical questions against live data. Both saved hours of manual work.

Phase 3 — One slide, one conversation. In Cowork: copy only the relevant files in, tell Claude exactly what to read, get a written outline first, iterate in conversation, generate the PPT last. The actual slide output is the final small step — not the starting point.

Phase 4 — You manage the master file. Keep it in a separate folder Claude can't see. Paste slides in manually. Slightly tedious. Completely worth it.

Tool breakdown

Tool	Best for
Claude chat	Planning, outlining, reading source material
Claude in Word	Cross-referencing multiple documents
Claude in Excel	Open-ended data analysis
Claude Cowork	Isolated, one-at-a-time slide generation

AI didn't make this deck. It made it possible in one week instead of three. The discipline is the whole game: isolated tasks, clean context, you own the master file.

Full transparency: this post was written by Claude. I recorded my thoughts as a voice memo after finishing the project, and Claude cleaned up the transcript into what you just read. The experiences, mistakes, and workflow are entirely mine — I just used the same tool I'm writing about to write about it.

I’m curious how people handle non-linear moments during presentations. In real presentations, I often need to jump back to an earlier slide, skip a section, or revisit a diagram/data slide during Q&A. Do you usually memorize slide numbers, prepare backup slides, manually search for the right slide, or just answer without showing it again?

I’m also wondering whether voice-based slide navigation, like saying “go back to the market size slide” or “show the architecture diagram,” would actually be useful in a real presentation, or if it would feel awkward.

so basically the last time I held a powerpoint presentation was in middle grade school and now I need to present a conference. How do I start? My slides look so lame, thank you!

I need help designing my poster to look better, it looks plain and simple, I have to keep font and text all same size. if you can fix it for me or tell me how to make it look better that would be nice!

https://preview.redd.it/iicjoa29ao1h1.png?width=10800&format=png&auto=webp&s=a6d40feef006be16a20fa3841d68049fbd306f0f

I hated it when I placed things beautifully on a slide to close it for the night and a colleague or fellow student would go into the file make their own changes and move a background image or shape while trying to edit the deck. Thankfully, I can easily freeze objects in place so they can't be shifted with the Lock function in PowerPoint.

Here is how to lock and unlock elements in PowerPoint:

How to Lock an Object

1. Right-click on the item (image, shape, or text box) you want to freeze.
2. Select Lock from the context menu. Once locked, the item cannot be moved or resized by accident.

Thankfully, you can still edit text boxes when objects are locked so you can update the content in those objects without the worry of having to unlock it.

How to Unlock an Object

1. Right-click the locked item.
2. Select Unlock. The element is now free to be moved, edited, or resized again.

Bonus Tip: If you have multiple overlapping objects and find it difficult to right-click the exact item you want to lock, go to the Home tab, click Arrange, and open the Selection Pane. From there, you can click the little padlock icon next to any layer name to lock or unlock it instantly.

https://reddit.com/link/1teevel/video/23zdsb7zee1h1/player

When i crop an image in PowerPoint. the image flies away to whatever side i crop it from without me doing anything. Y'all have any clue what could cause this? this is the PowerPoint website