Hello Reader,
Yesterday, when I shared my presentation, I mentioned that while I conducted all the research myself, I used ChatGPT-4o to create all of the slides.
Why? Because I have absolutely no artistic skills—but I did have all the technical knowledge I wanted to communicate. If you’re like me and want your presentations to look like you hired a professional designer, here’s how I made it happen.
Step 1: Tell It What You Want
I started by describing the scope of the presentation:
Create a slideshow presentation about Windows Hello forensics complete with graphicsand text. It should cover how to perform forensics on the Windows 11 Hello security feature.Include slides on: - History of Hello - The historical forensic challenge of identifying who is at the keyboard - A list of Windows Hello authentication methods - Where in the registry to find which authentication methods are enabled - What the event logs show for: - PIN login - Fingerprint login - Facial scan login - Where Windows Hello data is stored - How the stored data is protected - How the data can be accessed Also, include any other slides you think would be interesting.
It responded with a detailed outline of the slide contents—a sort of text storyboard. Step 2: Ask for the Presentation
So I followed up with:
Turn this into a PowerPoint presentation with graphics you create for each slide.
This generated text-only slides. So I clarified further:
Yes, I would like all of the above as you find them most useful.Generate all relevant graphics and insert them into the slides.Also give it a cyberpunk theme.
Step 3: Let It Build
It generated the first image, and I simply told it:
Finish all the slides and provide me the updated PPT with the graphics added in.
I had to say “continue” a couple of times to get it to finish the entire deck—but that was it! Afterward, I went in and added relevant technical facts, and the presentation was complete.
Looking back, I probably could have done it all in one prompt if I had been more specific. Still, I’m incredibly happy with the results—and I didn’t need any design skills to get there.
