The Presentation Challenge

The average office worker spends 20 hours per month working on presentations, with a staggering 40 percent of that time consumed by formatting issues alone, according to recent research. Generate presentation, a new feature now available in Adobe Express, Acrobat Studio, and Acrobat AI Assistant on desktop, is designed to solve the familiar challenge of staring at a blank slide without knowing where to begin.

Whether you're a business professional or small business owner, this new feature helps spark ideas and quickly shape quality draft presentations. Get started with just a prompt and add your source documents to create a professional-looking presentation in minutes.

How Generate Presentation Works

Start with your files: Begin with a simple prompt in Generate presentation. You can include source documents to inform your presentation, including PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, TXT, XLS, and webpage content using just a link.

Example prompts to get started:

- "Create a sales pitch presentation for a new product launch, including key features, target audience, and pricing strategy."
- "Create an informational deck about the market for meal-delivery services, aimed at potential investors and industry professionals, including trends, growth projections, and competitive analysis."
- "Generate an overview of fundraising ideas for a non-profit organization, for a board meeting."
- "Create an onboarding presentation for all new employees including steps of orientation and training."
- "Create a training presentation for managers on how to conduct effective performance reviews, including tips for goal setting and providing constructive feedback."
- "Create a campaign strategy presentation for the executive team and partners. Include clear sections for objectives, audience segmentation insights, campaign ideas, and a detailed workback schedule."

Select a template: Choose a professionally designed template, which you can fully customize after generating your content.

Review the outline: Go over the intelligently generated outline based on your source files. Adjust the order of slides, audience, length, and level of detail of your presentation. Generate presentation adapts your deck to your goals.

Let Adobe Express bring your ideas to life: Watch as Adobe Express transforms your inputs into a professional-grade presentation in minutes. With intelligently crafted copy and smart slide layouts with relevant, polished images and icons, Adobe Express does the heavy lifting.

Refine and personalize: Use Adobe Express's intuitive editing tools to add finishing touches. Add or regenerate slides without starting from scratch. Apply your brand kit for a consistent look and feel. Include images or videos from Adobe Stock. Let AI rephrase, shorten, or change the tone of your copy with one-click Rewrite. Add expressive, eye-catching video and animation.

Present, share, or download: Instantly present directly or download as PDF or PPT. Seamlessly share with others to inform, collaborate, or co-edit in real time.

Use Cases Across Industries

Marketing Professionals: Convert audience insights, campaign performance data, or trend reports into visually engaging presentations for internal strategy meetings or external pitches.

Sales Teams: Secure new clients by transforming research documents, client briefs, and market analysis into compelling pitch decks.

Human Resources: Create polished onboarding decks, company policy updates, or compliance presentations in minutes by uploading employee handbooks or training materials.

Legal Teams: Simplify complex legal documents into easy-to-understand presentations for internal briefings or client meetings.

Small Business Owners: Develop professional decks to pitch new products or services, complete with timelines.

Beyond Business Applications

Generate presentation can produce any kind of deck:

- Event Vision Boards: Compile wedding inspiration, vendor PDFs, and venue brochures into cohesive presentations to align family and planners.
- Travel Itineraries: Turn text-heavy travel blogs and booking confirmations into visual slideshows to share trip plans with companions.

Adobe Express: AI-Powered Creative Intelligence

Whether using Generate presentation in Adobe Express or accessing it through Acrobat, Adobe Express supports your visual communication needs. The feature taps into the creative intelligence of Adobe Express, drawing on deep expertise in great design layouts so your presentations look polished and professional.

You can fully customize generated output using the simple, intuitive editing tools in the Adobe Express editor. The guided workflow removes design hurdles, helping you create standout presentations with ease.

Continuous Innovation

From Adobe Express' AI Assistant (beta) to Acrobat Studio's collaborative PDF Spaces, Generate presentation is another chapter in Adobe's evolution of AI-powered content creation. With the ability to regenerate or add individual slides without starting over, it's easier than ever to refine your content as you work.

Explore Generate presentation in Adobe Express, Acrobat Studio, and Acrobat AI Assistant to see how it can simplify creating presentations. The feature is still in its early stages, and your feedback will help guide improvements.

TL;DR

- Adobe Generate presentation creates professional decks in minutes from prompts and source documents
- Supports multiple file formats (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, TXT, XLS) and webpage links as input
- Office workers spend 20 hours/month on presentations — 40% on formatting alone
- Available in Adobe Express, Acrobat Studio, and Acrobat AI Assistant
- Includes one-click refinement tools, brand kit integration, and real-time collaboration

Source: Adobe Blog