How to Convert a Research Paper to PowerPoint Slides with AI

Convert PDF research paper to pptx file presentations compatible with PowerPoint

Researchers need to socialize, present and communicate their study, hypothesis and findings to let the science society and general public learn from their work. The preferred tool for sharing this knowledge is presentations in seminars and scholars symposiums, where researchers expose their work.

Now, you can use the power of AI to summarize your Academic Research Paper and convert it into a PowerPoint presentation automatically. The AI Engine will read the paper, understand its structure, and propose a delivery script for you to present this work.

For this How To guide, we will use SlideModel AI, which combines several AI engines and SlideModel’s training, to convert your Academic Research paper to PPT AI. We will convert the research paper “Green hydrogen energy production: current status and potential.” You can find the original research paper in PDF here.

Step 1: Access SlideModel AI 

Access your SlideModel account , navigate to the My Account menu and in the Tools section, click “Go To SlideModel AI”

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Transform a Research Paper document to PowerPoint using SlideModel AI

Step 2: Create a new presentation

Once you have reached SlideModel AI, click the “Create Presentation” button. This will kick off the AI Presentation Wizard.

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Create a PowerPoint Presentation for a Research Paper using AI

Step 3:  Start the wizard and upload your research paper

SlideModel AI can create a presentation from a prompt or from a document upload. To do so, you can suggest the number of slides suitable for your presentation and the output language you want and upload the document. This way, you can make a presentation from an existing research paper document leveraging AI.

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Upload your Academic Research Paper to SlideModel AI and convert it to PowerPoint Presentations

A dialog will appear with the summary of processing credits and the action that will be taken to convert your research paper to presentation AI.

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Upload a Research Paper document and Convert it to PowerPoint using AI

Step 4: Review the generated outline from the Paper

Make sure the AI tool has selected the correct approach. You can regenerate the outline with additional prompt information or change the outline to your chosen topics. The AI will take the new outline and the complete document information to generate the PowerPoint presentation.

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Example presentation structure of a research paper presentation generated with AI

Step 5: Select your template based on your design style

You have several presentation templates to select from the SlideModel AI gallery of pre-designed templates. You can select the style that best matches your needs.

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Example of Research Paper Presentation templates

Step 6: Generate the Presentation

Now, complete the wizard and generate the presentation. SlideModel AI will build all the outline slides using the most suitable layout. It will use placeholder images and icons that you will modify with DALEE-3 and AI Icons generator.

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Research Paper PPT presentation generated with AI

Step 7: Finally Export to PowerPoint

Click the Export to PowerPoint button, and you will have a professional, fully editable PowerPoint presentation created from your Research Paper. It is ready to use in your next presentation.

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Conclusion

Creating your research powerpoint presentation is an easy 6-click task when using SlideModel AI Presentation Maker. Here you can access the sample PowerPoint presentation of a research paper.

For more information, check out our comparative articles with other AI tools developed by Slidesgo, Gamma, SlidesAI, Visme, MagicSlides and Beautiful AI.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use SlideModel AI to convert my academic research paper into an editable PowerPoint presentation?

Yes, this article explains the steps to complete the process.

Can SlideModel AI handle any type of academic papers , despite the formatting or equations?

Yes, SlideModel AI is designed to read any content and use it as input to our GPT’s.

Is SlideModel AI suitable for any disciplines and research papers?

Yes. SlideModel AI uses pre-trained models from the world leading AI companies (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic) which can process any type of research paper as PhD’s.

Can I include citations and references in the converted PowerPoint presentation?

Yes, SlideModel AI will summarize the references used in the presentation, and you can instruct with further iterations in the editor the cutes you want to add or highlight.

Does SlideModel AI provide options for customizing the presentation layout and design?

Yes, you can change the full template if you want to customize style, or you can just change the layout of the slide and regenerate the content with AI (for instance transforming a paragraph explanation into a diagram, or a timeline.