think-cell Assist

think-cell Assist helps you work with data and slides in PowerPoint. Assist provides chat, translation, access to external datasets, and text editing. Use Assist to speed up analysis, create data-driven elements, and refine slide content.

think-cell Assist in PowerPoint

In PowerPoint, the Assist side pane has five main tabs:

• Chat
• Edit Text
• Translate Slides
• Create Content
• Research Data

To open the Assist side pane, on the PowerPoint ribbon, select Insert > think-cell > Assist .

Chat

Review slide content, revise slide text, and generate new content. You can use Chat in the following ways:

• Review slide content: Get suggestions to improve your text and explanations of terms and concepts.
• Revise and generate content: Generate text and create tables using publicly available information.

For the best results, clearly explain your goals or ask Assist to take on a specific role in your prompt.

Review slide content

Review slide content and get feedback and explanations. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Select the slide that you want to review.
2. On the PowerPoint ribbon, select Insert > think-cell > Assist . The Chat tab on the Assist side pane opens.
3. Enter your prompt into the chat box, then select Enter. The AI-generated response appears on the side pane.

Example prompts

• Imagine you are a senior consultant at a leading consulting firm. How would you improve this slide before presenting it to a client?
• Act as a financial executive at a large software company. What are the main financial takeaways from this slide?
• Act as a senior software engineer that specializes in LLMs and cloud computing. Explain the technical terms and concepts on this slide in plain language.

Revise and generate content

Revise text directly on the slide or generate new content. Chat can search the web and use publicly available information to generate content and tables. To revise slide text or generate new content, follow these steps:

1. Select the slide that you want to revise or generate content for.
2. On the PowerPoint ribbon, select Insert > think-cell > Assist . The Chat tab on the Assist side pane opens.
3. Enter your prompt into the chat box, then select Enter.

Depending on your prompt, the generated content appears in one of the following ways:

• Content suggestions: If your prompt asks for alternative wordings or stylistic improvements, the generated content appears on the side pane.
• Rewrite slide content: If your prompt asks to rewrite the text on your slide, the generated content replaces the text on the slide.
• Generate tables: If your prompt asks for a table, the side pane displays a preview of the table contents, the Insert table button, and any online sources that Assist used to generate the content. To add the table into your slide, select Insert table, then place the table on a slide.

Example prompts:

• I'm not an expert in IoT technology. Rewrite the text on this slide in a simpler language that I can understand.
• Create a table with three columns. First, list the three most important points on this slide in a few words. Then, generate more detailed explanations of each point. Finally, add simple definitions of technical terminology.
• I want to emphasize climate policy on this slide. Create a table that lists the five largest countries in the world by population and their per-capita primary energy consumption, and suggest three impactful titles for the slide.

Edit Text

Transform text without changing its meaning using preset or custom prompts. The Edit Text tab has the following preset prompts:

• Rewrite: Rewrites and polishes the text without changing its meaning.
• Shorten: Makes the text shorter while protecting its meaning.
• Bullet Points: Breaks the text down into short bullet points.
• Apply Parallel Phrasing: Revises and streamlines the grammatical structure of the text.

To apply a preset prompt to your text, follow these steps:

1. Select the text box that contains the text that you want to change. If no text box is selected, Assist adjusts all the text on the current slide.
2. On the PowerPoint ribbon, select Insert > think-cell > Assist .
3. On the Assist side pane, select Edit Text .
4. Select the default prompt that you want to apply to your text.

Alternatively, you can edit text using Assist without opening the side pane. To do so, select the text box that you want to edit, then choose from the following options:

• If you selected a think-cell text box, the mini toolbar opens. At the bottom of the mini toolbar, select the adjustment that you want to apply to the text.
• If you selected a PowerPoint text box, the Assist toolbar opens. Select the adjustment that you want to apply to the text.

You can also create custom prompts from the Configure Prompts menu and access them later on the Edit Text tab. To do so, follow these steps:

1. On the PowerPoint ribbon, select Insert > think-cell > Assist .
2. On the Assist side pane, select Edit Text .
3. On the Edit Text tab, select Configure Prompts , then select Create New Prompt .
4. In the Create New Prompt menu, in the Display Name text box, enter a name for your prompt. In the Prompt text box, enter your custom prompt.
5. To finish creating your custom prompt, select Save Prompt.

Translate Slides

Translate the text in your presentation while preserving formatting. To translate your slides, follow these steps:

1. On the PowerPoint ribbon, select Insert > think-cell > Assist .
2. On the Assist side pane, select Translate Slides .
3. On the Translate Slides tab, select Selected Slide(s) or All Slides.
4. On the dropdown menu, select the target language.
5. Select Translate slide(s).

Create Content

Create executive summaries and action titles for your presentation. The Create Content tab has the following options:

• Create Action Title
• Create Summary Slide

Create Action Title

Generate and add an action title to your selected slide. To generate an action title, follow these steps:

1. Select the slide that you want to create an action title for.
2. On the PowerPoint ribbon, select Insert > think-cell > Assist .
3. On the Assist side pane, select Create Content .
4. On the Create Content tab, in the Create Action Title menu, select Suggest action titles. A list of action titles appears.
5. If you like an action title in the list, select it to add it to your slide. To generate a new list of action titles, select Regenerate action titles .

Create Summary Slide

Create an executive summary for selected slides or the entire presentation.

To summarize your slides, follow these steps:

1. On the PowerPoint ribbon, select Insert > think-cell > Assist .
2. On the Assist side pane, select Create Content .
3. On the Create Content tab, in the Create Summary Slide menu, specify the scope of the summary by selecting Entire Presentation or Selected slides.
4. Select one of the following summary types:
   • Slide Contents: Summarizes the full contents of each slide in your selection in a bulleted list.
   • Action Titles: Lists the contents of each slide in your selection as short action titles in a bulleted list.
5. Select Insert slide. Assist inserts a slide that contains the summary for your selection.

Research Data

Find public datasets and statistics and create charts and reports from external sources. The Research Data tab has the following options:

• Find company data from Morningstar and create charts and reports
• Find statistics from Statista and create charts

Find company data from Morningstar and create charts and reports

Search for public company financial data in Morningstar, and create charts on your slides or company reports in Excel based on the data. To do so, follow these steps:

1. On the PowerPoint ribbon, select Insert > think-cell > Assist .
2. On the Assist side pane, select Research Data .
3. On the Research Data tab, in the Research Financial Data search box, type the name of the company. A list of options appears below the search box as you type. In the list, select the company that you want.

Once you find the company data that you want, you can create a chart from the company's financial data and add it to your presentation or generate a company report in Excel.

To create a chart from the company data, follow these steps:

1. Select the financial datasets that you want.
2. Select the time frame.
3. Select Insert Chart.
4. Place the chart on your slide.

To generate a report of the company as an Excel file, select Request Report. Assist generates a report and displays a file name and size. To download the report, select the generated file.

Find statistics from Statista and create charts

Get surveys and statistics from Statista, and create charts on your slides that illustrate the data. To do so, follow these steps:

1. On the PowerPoint ribbon, select Insert > think-cell > Assist .
2. On the Assist side pane, select Research Data .
3. On the Research Data tab, in the Research Statistics search box, type keywords for the topic that you want, then select Search or Enter. A list of results appears below the search box.
4. Select a result from the list. The Insert Chart button, the Full Details button, and the date of the study appear.
5. To learn more about the result on the Statista page, select Full Details. To insert the chart, select Insert Chart, then place the chart on your slide.