Claude Slides can turn notes or a report into a presentation that you can edit, present, share, and export. Start in a Claude conversation or from Artifacts, give Claude the source material and audience, review the outline before building the deck, then check chart data and export behavior before you hand it off.

Before you start

Claude Academy says Claude Slides is included with every plan. You can start from a conversation in Claude on the web, desktop app, or mobile app, use Claude Code, or open Artifacts and choose to make something new. Artifacts is Claude’s workspace for creating and working with items such as slide decks.

For Team and Enterprise, an organization owner can enable or disable Artifacts under Organization settings > Artifacts. If you cannot access the feature in a managed account, that setting is one place the organization can control it.

Gather the material you want the deck to use, such as notes or a report. Decide who will see the presentation, how long you have to speak, the slide limit, the key point for each slide, and any required topic order. These constraints give Claude a clearer assignment to follow.

Create and refine your deck

  1. Give Claude the source material and the assignment. Start a conversation or open Artifacts, then provide the material and describe the audience, speaking time, slide limit, and main point for each slide. Add a required topic order if the presentation needs one. BASIC thinking recommends including these details so the proposed deck has a clear scope.
  2. Ask for an outline and review it first. Check the sequence, coverage, and emphasis before asking Claude to build the slides. This gives you a chance to correct a missing topic or a misplaced point before it becomes part of the deck.
  3. Generate the deck, then make targeted edits. Claude Academy describes editing text and using the toolbar to add text, images, tables, and shapes. You can also add, reorder, or duplicate slides from the thumbnail strip. To revise a specific element, select it and leave a comment for Claude; comments sent to Claude require edit access. For a broader change, ask in the adjacent conversation and identify the slide by number or title.You can use an organization’s default design system, choose another design system in the message box, or attach a deck or brand file as a reference. A standalone Claude Design system must first be migrated before it can be used this way.
  4. Refresh charts after their figures change. A chart shows the data present when Claude built it. If the source figures change, ask Claude to update the chart, then check the revised values against the source material before presenting.

Present and share the deck

  1. Add speaker notes if you need presenter cues. Claude can add notes to a deck. In Present with speaker notes, the notes open in a second window alongside a clock and the current and next slides; the notes do not appear on the slides themselves.
  2. Choose access before sharing. Share settings let you give people view, comment, or edit access. Invitees need a Claude account. Team and Enterprise organization owners control whether sharing outside the organization is allowed, and teammates with edit access can work on the deck at the same time.

Choose an export format

Pick the output based on what the recipient needs to edit or present. The main differences are what PowerPoint preserves as editable, whether slide transitions remain, and what service must be connected.

OutputWhat to expect
PowerPointText boxes, tables, pictures, backgrounds, and speaker notes remain editable. Charts, icons, and shapes become pictures. Transitions and skipped slides are omitted.
HTMLDownloads as a web page that plays in a browser and retains slide transitions.
Google SlidesExport is available through Share > Export when Google Drive is connected.
PDFAvailable as a download.
PNGDownloads the current slide as an image.

If someone needs to revise charts, icons, or shapes in PowerPoint, account for their conversion to pictures. If the presentation relies on transitions, HTML retains them while the PowerPoint export omits them. A skipped slide stays in the deck but is left out of presentation and download.

Check the deck before handoff

Before you present or send the file, confirm that the outline follows the intended order, the slide figures match their sources, and the chosen export keeps the elements the recipient needs. If the recipient should revise the deck, check the export’s editability; if they need to comment or collaborate in Claude, set the appropriate sharing permission.