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Slide decks

Autessa Drive opens PowerPoint decks (.pptx and .ppsx) with a slide sorter, present mode, speaker notes and zoom, and Edit lets you move and resize shapes, edit text in place, insert pictures, and add, duplicate, reorder and delete slides using the deck’s own layouts. Saving rewrites only the slides you changed.

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Launch timeline
Beta in March, general release in May
Speaker notes: mention the pilot customers’ feedback.
Add slideDuplicatePresent (F5)

the-problem.md

A quick fix to a deck shouldn’t need PowerPoint

Fixing a typo on slide 7 before a meeting usually means finding the latest copy, opening a desktop app and re-sharing. Presenting straight from the shared drive keeps everyone on the same version.

README · what you get
  • A slide viewer with a slide sorter, speaker notes and zoom.
  • Present mode with F or F5, the arrow keys and swipe.
  • Move, resize, add and delete shapes and text boxes, and edit text in place with a formatting toolbar.
  • Insert pictures and add, duplicate, reorder and delete slides using the deck’s own layouts.
  • Undo and redo while you edit.
  • Saving rewrites only the slides you changed, so everything else in the file stays exactly as it was.
  • Tables and grouped shapes display but are not editable yet; animations are kept but not played.

how-it-works

How does slide decks work in Autessa Drive?

  1. 1

    Open the deck

    Browse slides in the sorter and read speaker notes.

  2. 2

    Present

    Press F or F5 and use the arrow keys or swipe.

  3. 3

    Edit

    Click Edit to change text, move shapes, add pictures or new slides from the deck’s layouts.

  4. 4

    Save

    Only changed slides are rewritten, and the save becomes a new version.

every-option

Slide deck features

OptionWhat it does
File types.pptx and .ppsx; legacy .ppt is download only.
ViewerSlide sorter, speaker notes, zoom.
Present modeF or F5, arrow keys, swipe.
Edit shapes and textMove, resize, add, delete; text formatting toolbar.
SlidesAdd, duplicate, reorder and delete using the deck’s layouts.
Display onlyTables and grouped shapes; charts without a stored picture show a placeholder; animations kept, not played.

permissions

Who can do what?

WhoCan
EditorEdit slides and save versions.
CommenterComment on a slide.
ViewerView and present.

connected

How it connects to the rest of Autessa Drive

DRIVE FEATURE

Slide comments

Anchor feedback to a slide.

DRIVE FEATURE

Viewer

Arrow keys move to the next file in the folder.

DRIVE FEATURE

Share links

Send a read-only link to a deck.

faq.md

Questions about slide decks

Can I present PowerPoint slides from Autessa Drive?

Yes. Open the deck and press F or F5 for present mode, then use the arrow keys or swipe.

Can I edit slides online?

Yes. Edit text in place, move and resize shapes, insert pictures, and add, duplicate, reorder and delete slides using the deck’s own layouts.

What can’t be edited yet?

Tables and grouped shapes display but cannot be edited yet, charts without a stored picture show a placeholder, and animations are kept but not played.

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Try slide decks in Autessa Drive

Autessa Drive presents and edits PowerPoint decks in the browser, rewriting only the slides you changed so the rest of the file stays exactly as it was.

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100% customizable, code and all

Make Autessa Drive fully your own.

Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.

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