OpenAI added ChatGPT Slides on October 16, 2026. It lets you create, edit, present and collaborate on presentations without leaving ChatGPT. A deck can start from a chat, from uploaded files or from an outline, and you can export it to PowerPoint, PDF or Google Slides when you're done. This guide covers who can use Slides today, how to start a deck, and how to get output that's worth showing a client or a boardroom.
Who Can Use ChatGPT Slides Right Now
The rollout is gradual. OpenAI's release notes say Slides is reaching eligible Pro, Business and Enterprise users who have Space access, on the web and in the desktop app. Space access is the part that catches people out. Space arrived in late September as the place in ChatGPT where Pages, files and related project work live together. For accounts that have it, Space replaces Library. Existing Projects stay separate. Coverage of the launch also warns that paying for a plan may not be enough on its own, so check that Space shows up in your account before you plan a deadline around Slides.
On managed Business and Enterprise workspaces, sharing in Space follows your organisation's settings, and Enterprise sharing is an opt-in preview. If teammates can't open a deck you shared, ask your admin about sharing settings before assuming something is broken.
How to Create Your First Deck
OpenAI's instruction is to ask ChatGPT in Work to create a presentation in Space. In practice, you have four starting points:
- From a conversation: If you've already worked through a topic in chat, such as a market analysis or a project plan, ask ChatGPT to turn it into a deck. It already has the context.
- From files: Upload source material such as reports, spreadsheets or meeting notes and ask for a presentation built on them.
- From an outline: Write the slide titles and key points yourself, then let ChatGPT handle layout and visuals. You keep the most control this way.
- From an example deck: Share an existing presentation so the new one follows its style and layout. Use this if your company has a house template.
For most business decks, combine the last two: give ChatGPT a tight outline and a reference deck. A loose one-line request tends to produce generic slides. A structured brief that names your audience, slide count and the one decision you need from the room tends to produce something you can actually present.
Editing, Visuals and Collaboration
You don't have to accept the first draft as it is. Slides lets you edit text, images, shapes and charts by hand, or describe the change in plain language and have ChatGPT make it. You can generate custom images for a slide or upload your own, such as product photos or approved brand assets.
Collaboration happens in Space. Teammates can edit the same deck in real time and leave shared comments, much like the cloud office suites people already use. A practical workflow for teams:
- One person writes the outline and generates the first draft.
- Subject experts check their own slides and fix numbers, claims and charts directly.
- Reviewers leave comments instead of rewriting, so the deck owner can take changes in one pass.
- The owner asks ChatGPT for final consistency fixes, such as matching fonts, shortening bullets or aligning chart styles.
Check every figure before a deck leaves your team. AI-generated charts and summaries can misread source data or round numbers in unhelpful ways. Treat the first draft as a starting point, not a final version.
Presenting and Exporting
You can present directly from ChatGPT, which suits quick internal reviews. Most organisations still run meetings in established tools, so the export options are what make Slides usable in a real workplace:
- On the web: export to PowerPoint, PDF or Google Slides.
- In the desktop app: open the deck in PowerPoint or Keynote, provided those apps are installed on your machine.
Export to PDF when you need a locked version for distribution or the record. Export to PowerPoint or Google Slides when someone else will keep editing, or when your company's templates and accessibility checks live in those tools. Slides doesn't replace the ChatGPT add-in for PowerPoint, which reached general availability in July. The add-in brings ChatGPT into PowerPoint, while Slides is a standalone builder that hands its finished decks back to those apps.
Why It Matters
Presentations are one of the most time-consuming documents in office work, and Slides takes on that cost directly. More importantly, it extends OpenAI's push to make ChatGPT a full workspace. Space holds the project files, Pages hold the documents, and now Slides holds the decks, all close to the conversations that produced them. For teams already doing their research and drafting in ChatGPT, moving material from a chat into a separate presentation app is no longer necessary.
Slides also puts ChatGPT in direct competition with Microsoft's and Google's own AI presentation features, and with AI-native deck builders. The export choices suggest OpenAI wants to sit alongside existing office suites rather than force teams to switch. Some caution is warranted: availability depends on Space access, Enterprise sharing is still in preview, and every AI-drafted chart needs a human check. Teams that pair a clear brief and a reference template with careful review will get the most out of it.
