How to Make Long Slide Decks in Claude Sonnet…

Creating long slide decks can be time-consuming, but with Claude Sonnet, the process becomes much smoother. 

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to efficiently build engaging, comprehensive slide decks using Claude Sonnet’s user-friendly features. 

Whether you’re preparing a presentation for work or a detailed project, this tool will help you streamline your efforts!

1. Create a slide deck with template data that can be replaced. 

Use app scripts to do this:

For title and 3 bullet points in slides:

function createSlidesWithTitleAndBullets() {
  var presentationId = "CHANGE TO PRESENTATION ID";  // Provided Presentation ID
  var presentation = SlidesApp.openById(presentationId);

  // Define the format for title and bullet placeholders
  var titlePlaceholder = "{{slide{number}_title}}";
  var bullet1Placeholder = "• " + "{{slide{number}_bullet1}}";  // Use bullet symbol
  var bullet2Placeholder = "• " + "{{slide{number}_bullet2}}";
  var bullet3Placeholder = "• " + "{{slide{number}_bullet3}}";

  // Start from the second slide (since the first already exists)
  for (var i = 2; i <= 10; i++) { // Adjust the loop for the number of slides you need
	// Create a new slide using the default TITLE_ONLY layout
	var slide = presentation.appendSlide(SlidesApp.PredefinedLayout.TITLE_ONLY);

	// Set the title text in the centered title placeholder
	var titleShape = slide.getPlaceholder(SlidesApp.PlaceholderType.TITLE);
	if (titleShape) {
  	titleShape.asShape().getText().setText(titlePlaceholder.replace("{number}", i));
	}

	// Create a new text box below the title for bullet points
	var bulletTextBox = slide.insertTextBox("", 100, 200, 400, 150);  // Position and size of the text box

	// Insert bullet points as a single block of text using bullet symbols
	bulletTextBox.getText().setText(
  	bullet1Placeholder.replace("{number}", i) + "\n" +
  	bullet2Placeholder.replace("{number}", i) + "\n" +
  	bullet3Placeholder.replace("{number}", i)
	);
  }
}

You should get an output like this:

You can just use that template, but I documented it so you can play with different styles as we could greatly improve this.

2. Use the projects ‘webinar’ app which is trained on writing webinars.

Once you have a great outline and you are happy, you are ready for step 3. 

3. Then ask for the webinar presentation in a CSV format like follows:

Title and sentence:

{{title}},This is the title {{subtitle}},This is the subtitle {{slide1_title}},This is the title of the first slide {{slide1_body}},This is the body of the first slide {{slide2_title}},This is the title of the second slide {{slide2_body}},This is the body of the second slide

Or:

Title & 3 bullet points:

{{title}},This is the title {{subtitle}},This is the subtitle {{slide1_title}},This is the title of the first slide {{slide1_bullet1}},This is the first bullet point of the first slide {{slide1_bullet2}},This is the second bullet point of the first slide {{slide1_bullet3}},This is the third bullet point of the first slide {{slide2_title}},This is the title of the second slide {{slide2_bullet1}},This is the first bullet point of the second slide {{slide2_bullet2}},This is the second bullet point of the second slide {{slide2_bullet3}},This is the third bullet point of the second slide {{slide3_title}},This is the title of the third slide {{slide3_bullet1}},This is the first bullet point of the third slide {{slide3_bullet2}},This is the second bullet point of the third slide {{slide3_bullet3}},This is the third bullet point of the third slide

It’s unlikely you get a complete file and may need to piece it together for a long presentation.

Once done open the CSV file in Google Sheets. Here is an example:

4. Within that Google Sheet Go to Extensions > Ad Scripts

Now run the code:

function fillTemplate() {

 // Id of the slides template
 // Remember to replace this with the Id of your presentation
 var PRESENTATION_ID = "CHANGE TO PRESENTATION ID";

 // Open the presentation
 var presentation = SlidesApp.openById(PRESENTATION_ID);

 // Read data from the spreadsheet
 var values = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getDataRange().getValues();

 // Replace template variables in the presentation with values
 values.forEach(function(row) {
   var templateVariable = row[0]; // First column contains variable names
   var templateValue = row[1]; // Second column contains values
   presentation.replaceAllText(templateVariable, templateValue);
 });

}

This code will then use your Google Sheet and insert the data into the chosen Google Slide template.

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