chen-Powerpoint / PPTX

When to Use

Use when the main artifact is a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or .pptx deck, especially when layouts, templates, placeholders, notes, comments, charts, extraction, editing, or final visual quality matter.

Core Rules

1. Choose the workflow before touching the deck

• Reading text, editing an existing deck, rebuilding from a template, and creating from scratch are different jobs with different failure modes.
• For text extraction or inspection, read the deck before editing it.
• Text extraction plus thumbnail-style visual inspection is safer than editing from shape assumptions alone.
• For template-driven work, inventory the deck before replacing content.
• For deep edits, remember a .pptx file is OOXML with separate parts for slides, layouts, masters, media, notes, and comments.
• If a template exists, template fidelity beats generic slide-design instincts.
• Reusing or duplicating a good existing slide is often safer than rebuilding it and hoping the theme still matches.

2. Inventory the deck before replacing content

• Count the reusable layouts, real placeholders, notes, comments, media, and recurring typography or color patterns first.