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Use this skill any time a .pptx or .potx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both. This includes: creating slide decks, pitch decks, or presentations as PowerPoint (.pptx) files; reading, parsing, or extracting text from any .pptx or .potx file (even if the extracted content will be used elsewhere, like in an email, summary, or creating a different type of slide deck); editing, modifying, or updating existing presentations; combining or splitting slide files; working with templates (.potx), layouts, speaker notes, or comments. Trigger whenever the user asks for a PowerPoint or .pptx file, or references a .pptx or .potx filename, regardless of what they plan to do with the content afterward. However, when the user asks for a deck, slides, a slide deck, or a presentation without naming a file format, default to using a dedicated slide-deck artifact type or a separate slides skill if this session offers one; otherwise, use this skill.

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# PPTX creation, editing, and analysis

If this session offers a dedicated slide-deck artifact type or a separate slides skill, and the user has neither asked for a PowerPoint/.pptx file nor supplied a .pptx/.potx file to edit, fill in, or convert, build the deck with that type or skill instead. A .pptx/.potx file given only as source material or as an example for a new deck ("make another deck like this one") does not count as supplied: read it with this skill, then build the new deck with that type or skill. This skill remains the right tool for producing .pptx files and for reading, editing, templating, or converting existing .pptx/.potx files.

A `.pptx` is a ZIP archive of XML files. Choose your approach by task:

| Task | Approach |
|---|---|
| **Create** a new deck | Write a `pptxgenjs` script — see gotchas below — and build it as a [structured deck](#structured-decks) unless the user asks for a quick throwaway |
| **Edit** an existing deck, or build from a template | unzip → edit `ppt/slides/slideN.xml` → zip |
| **Read** content | `python scripts/slide_text.py deck.pptx` (one block per slide under `<!-- Slide number: N -->` markers); visual grid: `python scripts/thumbnail.py deck.pptx` |

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