Overview
My work as an in-house legal counsel often requires me to build PowerPoint decks: internal training, external engagements, and consolidated summaries for leadership. When I am free to choose the medium, I now prefer HTML over PowerPoint.
Most of that comes down to a bespoke editorial deck skill I have built. The skill carries four design variants, my preferred colour schemes and fonts, slide transitions and animations, structure, and navigation logic. Because the styling is already settled, I no longer need to nudge text boxes or chase spacing that never quite matches. The model handles the layout, the alignment comes out clean, and I can focus on the substance rather than the design.
Two smaller points add to the appeal. HTML is generally more token-efficient to produce than a .pptx, because the file is the deck itself rather than something generated indirectly through code. Portability is also hard to beat: one file, opened in any browser, with nothing to install.
Examples
Below are three decks built with the skill. They are embedded live rather than shown as screenshots, so you can check out the transitions and animations. Use the arrows on either side to move through the slides, or open any deck in a new tab.
The Loot Box Puzzle. Slides for a panel discussion I moderated at a recent legal conference, covering how different jurisdictions regulate loot boxes. See below for 3 selected slides from the deck.
PP Tunas AI Initiative. Built for an internal company submission, showcasing a practical use case for AI in legal compliance work. See below for 3 selected slides from the deck.
Shanghai vs Bhutan. A sample deck built to demonstrate another design variant of the editorial-deck skill.