Set up the Slide Layout Library

All slide layouts are stored in a PowerPoint presentation (.pptx file).

Each slide in this presentation defines one slide layout.

The presentation itself is structured using presentation sections.

Each section title describes when the slide layouts contained in the section should be used.

In addition, the notes section of each slide contains different metadata.

By default, a description of the slide layout and presentation modes which the slide is most suitable for are defined for each slide.

For further information regarding available presentation modes, see Assign Presentation Modes.

In addition, permutation groups can be created for similar slide layouts that reflect variations of each other.

These permutation groups are optional and can also be defined in the notes section of the respective slides.

The following provides an example for a slide layout with a fully equipped notes section:

The following slide layout has been created for empower^® AI, featuring a fully equipped notes section including permutation group information:

When creating slide layouts for empower^® AI, make sure to use a logical structure and neutral texts for placeholders.

For example, use the following placeholder text:

This is a placeholder text. 

You can create slide layouts for all kinds of use cases and customize them according to your needs.

The following provides an example for a slide layout which can be used for empower^® AI:

The following slide layout has been created for empower^® AI, featuring a default set of icons and placeholders with neutral placeholder texts:

The PowerPoint section title should describe for which use cases the slide layouts contained in the respective presentation section can be used.

The sections themselves can then be used to cluster slide layouts that should be used for similar use cases.

This helps empower^® AI to select slide layouts thar are suitable for the users' prompts.

The following is an example for a section title from the slide layout library:

A presentation section containing slide layouts featuring sequential procedures and progressions is named as follows:

Sequential Frameworks – workflow stages, implementation phases, service process, operational steps, customer journey, strategic roadmap, onboarding flow, milestone progression 

The description should focus exclusively on the slide layout's visible structure.

When writing the description of a slide layout, consider the following guiding question:

What does the slide look like? 

The description should address only the visual arrangement of elements:

empower^® AI should be able to visualize the slide layout solely from the description.

As complexity increases, the description should become correspondingly more detailed and precise.

The following is an example for the layout description for a slide within the slide layout library:

The following description is suitable for the slide layout displayed below:

Description: Vertically aligned (horizontally equally distributed) text boxes (with a headline, some text and an icon) that point to an additional last text box below that uses a highlight color to differentiate itself from the other boxes

Each slide layout must be assigned to at least one presentation mode.

The presentation mode defines for which kind of presentation the respective slide layout would be suitable.

The following presentation modes can be assigned:

The following is an example for the assignment of multiple presentation modes for a slide within the slide layout library:

The following slide layout has been assigned to two presentation modes, Reading and Discussion:

If there are multiple variants of a slide layout, these layouts can be grouped in permutation groups.

For example, this method can be used for layouts that only differ in the number of steps, points or arguments on the slide layout.

To do so, the parent layout of a group is defined.

This slide layout's notes section contains all required information (description and presentation mode) as well as the permutation group name and the permutation item count.

All other slide layouts of that permutation group only require the permutation group name and the permutation item count to be stated in the notes section.

All other metadata is inherited from the parent layout.

If a permutation group has been set up accordingly, slide layouts are mapped to a permutation group by the permutation group name.

The permutation item count is an indicator for the number of structural items such as arguments, comparison elements, tiles or steps contained on the respective slide layout.

This structure allows empower^® AI to determine both, the logical relationship between layouts and the most appropriate variation for a specific prompt.

empower^® AI will recommend only a single best-fit permutation from within a permutation group at a time.

The following provides an example of slides that are part of a permutation group:

The slide layout on the left-hand side is the parent layout of the permutation group impact. The parent layout has an item count of 3. The notes section for the parent layout also contains the description and the presentation mode for the entire permutation group.

The slide layout on the right-hand side is part of the same permutation group. It has an item count of 4. The notes section only contains the information on the permutation group name and the permutation item count.

After creating your slide layout library, send the .pptx file to your Onboarding Specialist or Customer Success Manager.

You Onboarding Specialist or Customer Success Manager will then upload your slide layout library to the empower^® AI Backend.