Allow PowerPoint templates to be used as editable Gamma canvases
Favour Alfred
I’d love the ability to import a PowerPoint (.pptx) and use the actual PowerPoint file as the working template/canvas, rather than having Gamma extract its colors, fonts, text and images into a new Gamma theme.
For example, my university provides an official PowerPoint template that students are required to use. I want to keep the template exactly as designed, including its Slide Master, layouts, backgrounds, logos, shapes, positioning, and other visual elements.
What I would then like is to use Gamma’s existing slide-building tools on top of that template. Gamma could still let me choose layouts based on what I want to add to a slide such as a chart, comparison, diagram, text + image, table, callout, etc., and automatically create and arrange those elements within the existing template.
I’m also completely happy to choose the layout myself rather than requiring Gamma to automatically understand every PowerPoint template
This would be especially useful for students and organizations that are required to use official PowerPoint templates but want the convenience of Gamma’s easier content creation and visual layout tools.
Currently, importing a PowerPoint extracts its content rather than preserving the actual PowerPoint structure, so this feature would be a major improvement for users who need to work within existing institutional or corporate templates.
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Hey Favour Alfred, this is super clear and honestly a great use case. I’ll pass it along to the team: importing a .pptx and keeping it as the actual editable canvas (Slide Master, layouts, backgrounds, locked logos/shapes/positioning), then letting you build new slides on top with Gamma’s slide-building blocks.
Quick question so we capture the requirement correctly: in your ideal world, would Gamma need to preserve and respect the Slide Master + layout variants exactly (including “locked” elements you can’t accidentally move), or is it mainly about keeping the visuals identical on export back to PowerPoint?