How Creating Works
There are three ways to create a presentation:
From a topic — describe what you need and the AI writes everything. See From a Topic.
From text — paste your own content and the AI turns it into slides.
From a file — upload a document (Word, PDF, PowerPoint, and more). See From Text or a File.
All three follow the same path:
Content — enter your topic, text, or file, and choose settings like slide count and language.
Template — pick a design. On the Free plan, Pro templates are marked with a crown and open an upgrade prompt instead of being selected. See Templates.
Generation — the AI writes and designs the deck.
Review — check and edit the generated slides before anything touches your presentation. See Review & Edit Before Inserting.
Insert — the finished slides are added to your open presentation.
Start from a template
If you'd rather choose the look first, use Start from Template — second in the create menu, right after Create from Topic. It swaps the first two steps:
Template — browse the template catalog and pick a design. Double-click a template, or use it from its preview, to pick it and move straight on. You don't have to pick one: with no template picked, the AI chooses one that fits your content once you've added it.
Source — type a topic, paste text, or attach a file, all in one place. Anything longer than 450 characters is treated as text to turn into slides rather than a topic. A file and typed text can't be combined — clear the field to attach a file instead.
Generation, Review, and Insert work exactly as above.
A template you pick this way applies to that presentation only — it doesn't change the template your other create options remember. If you stop a generation, you go back to the Source step, not the catalog.
Things worth knowing
Generation takes a few minutes — longer for bigger decks and large files. While you wait you can play one of the built-in mini-games (Snake, Breaker, Bricks, Pong, Memory). If you started from a template and you're still playing when the slides are ready, Twistly waits for you — it moves on about 15 seconds after your last move, or as soon as you click Continue to outline.
The review step shows your actual slides, not a draft outline. What you edit there is exactly what lands in PowerPoint.
Cancel really cancels. Stopping a generation aborts the work entirely — nothing is inserted and nothing is charged.
Slides are inserted into the presentation you have open. If you want a standalone deck, start from a new blank presentation.
Your settings are remembered. Language, content style, tone, and other choices persist between sessions.
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