UpSlide AI Assistant in PowerPoint helps users automate writing tasks such as condensing, simplifying, or translating text directly within their slides.

Using the AI Assistant

1. Select a shape or text inside a shape in your PowerPoint slide.
2. Press Ctrl + Shift + L to open the AI Assistant.
3. Choose the action you want to perform:
   • Condense – Summarizes the text.
   • Rephrase – Clarify your text for better understanding.
   • Translate – Currently supports translation from any language into French, English, or German (more languages will be supported in the future).
4. Review the result and choose one of the following options:
   • Copy – Copies the generated text.
   • Replace Selection – Replaces the original text with the new version.
   • Try Again – Generates a new result if you're not satisfied

Condense: 

Rephrase:

Translate:

Adding Custom Prompts

Your Portal Access Managers can use the Portal to add Custom Actions to your AI Assistant, for example, to allow users to rewrite text to match your company's tone of voice, or to 'Elevate' text.

To do this as a Portal Access Manager, navigate to our Portal > Configuration > AI Settings, and add your Custom Actions with their Names, Descriptions, and Prompts.

Users can then use these Custom Actions as per below:

Enabling UpSlide AI Features

• Please reach out to your UpSlide contact to learn more about enabling UpSlide AI features.
• Alternatively, reference this article for a detailed guide on how to deploy the feature in your Azure Open AI environment.