pitch-deck

To populate a PowerPoint template with Excel or CSV data, the skill extracts and validates source data, maps content to template placeholders, and generates actual table and shape objects on slides. It standardizes units and currencies while ensuring cross-slide formatting consistency.

Yes, automating investment banking pitch deck templates is supported by mapping and populating content from source files into existing PowerPoint templates. The workflow focuses on filling placeholders with financial summary tables and market-sizing charts rather than building new decks.

Financial calculation verification for CAGR, multiples, and consensus happens by standardizing units and currencies, then checking computed values against provided reference formulas. The skill documents any mismatches or unresolved issues for manual escalation and review.

The pitch deck population process creates real PowerPoint table objects instead of text-based tables, inserting shapes and arrows as actual objects. It applies presentation formatting standards and follows XML patterns for targeted edits when necessary.

When mapping PDF source data into PowerPoint templates, a LibreOffice-based validation pass checks rendering, but unresolved issues may remain for manual Microsoft PowerPoint review. The skill lists these issues and provides delivery notes about potential rendering discrepancies.

The best way to ensure formatting consistency across multiple slides is to apply presentation formatting standards during template population, standardize units and currencies, and run a validation pass that flags formatting anti-patterns for review.