> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tryprofound.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get started with Slides

> Create a deck with Aim, edit it with your team, and present or export it from the editor

## Step 1: Create a deck

Go to **Slides** in the left sidebar in Profound. On the **Overview** tab, describe the presentation you want in the prompt box and send it. This opens an [AI Marketer (Aim)](https://docs.tryprofound.com/aim/about.md) chat with the deck next to it. Aim runs its research first, then builds the slides. A higher effort level in the prompt box produces better decks.

![The top of the Slides page on the Overview tab, with the prompt box highlighted](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-prompt-box.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=eccd6ebd100184d635382be735b5211e)

To build on an existing deck or your organization's design, attach a `.pptx` file or an existing Profound Slides deck to the prompt. Aim uses an attached deck as the template by default. You can also pick a pre-built design from the templates in the **Start from a template** section.

![The attachment menu under the prompt box, with Add files or photos and Profound Slides highlighted](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-attach-menu.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=d9f3ba4f5efcc3d7cfc77297942ac768)

To skip Aim, select **New Presentation** in the top right and choose **Blank presentation** or **Import .pptx**.

![The New Presentation menu on the Slides page open, with Blank presentation and Import .pptx](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-new-presentation.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=ad313244cf68647984c87785be788610)

## Step 2: Edit the deck

Once your deck draft is ready, you can edit it how you would in any other presentation editor: select an element to move, resize, or restyle it, and select text to change it directly in the slide.

![The Slides editor with a heading selected on a slide and its formatting toolbar above it. New slide, the Text box, Shape, and Image buttons, and AI Marketer are highlighted](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-edit.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=e8c92254153a1b2d58ef4a602039efe7)

Use the toolbar to add a slide, a text box, a shape, or an image.

![The layout menu next to New slide open, listing Blank, Title Slide, Title and Content, Section Header, Two Content, Comparison, and Title Only](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-layout.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=71175f246beba68dc21f9e5e96fd578d)

Right-click on a slide to access its ... action menu with options to change the layout or background of the current slide or every slide.

![The right-click menu on a slide with More actions open, showing Change slide background and Change all slide backgrounds](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-background.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=10e49cbc3185f16c5f1082b443730dcd)

To refine the deck with Aim, select **AI Marketer** in the top right if the chat isn't open, then describe the change. Aim edits the slides you ask about and leaves the rest alone. A deck you created in chat saves on its own a few seconds after your first edit.

## Step 3: Share and collaborate

### Share the deck with your teammates

Select **Share** in the top right of the screen. Invite people by name with **Can view**, **Can comment**, or **Can edit** permissions. Under **General access**, keep the deck to invited people only or open it to everyone in your organization. As the owner, you decide whether editors can share the deck further.

![The Share dialog, with the invite field and its Can edit picker, the General access option set to Only people invited, and the Editors can share switch highlighted](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-share.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=ef987b59ec4131eaf1ee743ed5696735)

Everyone with edit access can work on the deck at the same time, including with their own Aim chat. See [Live collaboration in Slides](https://docs.tryprofound.com/slides/collaboration.md) for what happens when edits overlap.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Can edit** sharing requires both the members' [organization roles](https://docs.tryprofound.com/platform-config/people/roles-and-permissions) to allow managing presentations.

### Collaborate in comments

Select **Add comment** in the toolbar, then click an element on the slide to pin a thread to it.

![The Add comment button highlighted in the toolbar and a comment thread pinned to a slide heading, with buttons to react, resolve, and open more actions](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-comment.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=7bc02e17e51d15f358c62cf43c8813a0)

Reply, react, and resolve threads in place. Resolved threads stay available under **Resolved comments**. If someone deletes the element a thread is pinned to, the thread resolves on its own and reopens if the element comes back. Type `@` in a comment to mention a teammate.

## Step 4: Review versions

The **Live version** menu in the toolbar lists every saved version with who saved it and when.

![The Live version menu open, listing Live version, Aim edited version, and Version 1, each with who saved it and when](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-versions.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=60c537bf354d7d73eb82f8df9dcee816)

To name a version yourself, open the presentation options menu next to the deck name and select **Save as new version**. Everyone with access to the deck can open its versions.

![The presentation options menu next to the deck name open, with Save as new version highlighted](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-options.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=e4a57c3c91d402450afa222ec73693c5)

Open a version to view it read-only. From there, select **Restore version** to bring it back into the live editor, or **Download** to export that version. A restore first saves the current live deck as an **Autosave** version, so nothing is lost. Restoring isn't available while Aim is editing the deck.

![A saved version open read-only, with a Viewing Aim edited version banner. Restore version and Download are highlighted](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-version-view.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=96bb5d1664234d2e967bb44764e390d2)

## Step 5: Present or export

Select **Present** (the play button at the right of the toolbar) to present full screen, with slide controls and a counter. Select **Download** in the top right to get a `.pptx`.

![The Slides editor with Download in the top right and Present at the right of the toolbar highlighted](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-present-button.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=6e18d8563d3c5a7b8fe9777176eb43a9)

On the Slides page, the slide's card **...** action menu's **Export** option offers PowerPoint, PDF, and HTML.

To reuse the design, open the presentation options menu and select **Save as Template**. The deck appears on the **Templates** tab for everyone in your organization.

![The presentation options menu next to the deck name open, with Save as Template highlighted](https://mintcdn.com/profound-37face47/C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok/images/slides/getting-started-save-template.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=C1ylYo6YpB6SpOok\&q=85\&s=cafd2887631d7cf54faa658483e6eb2e)