academic-pptxlisted

# Academic Presentations Skill ## How This Skill Works This skill has two layers: 1. **This file** — governs content, argument structure, and design standards for academic presentations. Read it fully before planning any slides. 2. **PPTX skill** — governs the technical implementation (creating, editing, and QA-ing the .pptx file). Read it too. **Always read both before writing any code or creating any files.** --- ## Quick Reference | Task | Guide | |------|-------| | Content planning, argument structure, slide-by-slide rules | [content_guidelines.md](content_guidelines.md) | | Per-slide-type patterns (title, methods, results, etc.) | [slide_patterns.md](slide_patterns.md) | | Technical creation from scratch | PPTX skill → `pptxgenjs.md` | | Technical editing of an existing file | PPTX skill → `editing.md` | --- ## Step 0: Commit to a look first Before Step 1's presentation-type decision, and before drafting any content, answer three questions out loud (with the user, if they're available) and write the answers down: 1. **What must the audience see in 5 seconds?** If a slide were flashed for five seconds, what single fact or number should register? If you can't answer this for the deck's key slide, the argument isn't sharp enough yet to start building. 2. **Venue and duration?** Is this a journal-editorial briefing, a thesis defense, a 45-minute seminar, a 15-minute conference talk, a teaching session, or a poster-session conversation aid — and how