# PPTAgent: Generating and Evaluating Presentations Beyond Text-to-Slides

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.03936 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.03936/

## Key facts

- Cited by 86 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 20 of its 41 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 7 Jan 2025.

## Builds on (most cited first, 20 of 20)

- [The Llama 3 Herd of Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.21783/) (2024)
- [Judging LLM-as-a-Judge with MT-Bench and Chatbot Arena](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.05685/) (2023)
- [Efficient Memory Management for Large Language Model Serving with PagedAttention](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.06180/) (2023)
- [Qwen2-VL: Enhancing Vision-Language Model's Perception of the World at Any Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2409.12191/) (2024)
- [G-Eval: NLG Evaluation using GPT-4 with Better Human Alignment](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.16634/) (2023)
- [Mind2Web: Towards a Generalist Agent for the Web](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.06070/) (2023)
- [MLLM-as-a-Judge: Assessing Multimodal LLM-as-a-Judge with Vision-Language Benchmark](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.04788/) (2024)
- [Visual Transformers: Token-based Image Representation and Processing for Computer Vision](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2006.03677/) (2020)
- [When Can LLMs Actually Correct Their Own Mistakes? A Critical Survey of Self-Correction of LLMs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.01297/) (2024)
- [GPT-4V(ision) is a Human-Aligned Evaluator for Text-to-3D Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.04092/) (2024)
- [WorldCoder, a Model-Based LLM Agent: Building World Models by Writing Code and Interacting with the Environment](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.12275/) (2024)
- [A Systematic Survey and Critical Review on Evaluating Large Language Models: Challenges, Limitations, and Recommendations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.04069/) (2024)
- [DOC2PPT: Automatic Presentation Slides Generation from Scientific Documents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2101.11796/) (2021)
- [Mitigating Large Language Model Hallucinations via Autonomous Knowledge Graph-based Retrofitting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.13314/) (2023)
- [AutoPresent: Designing Structured Visuals from Scratch](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.00912/) (2025)
- [D2S: Document-to-Slide Generation Via Query-Based Text Summarization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2105.03664/) (2021)
- [PPTC Benchmark: Evaluating Large Language Models for PowerPoint Task Completion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.01767/) (2023)
- [Enhancing Presentation Slide Generation by LLMs with a Multi-Staged End-to-End Approach](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.06556/) (2024)
- [Presentations are not always linear! GNN meets LLM for Document-to-Presentation Transformation with Attribution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.13095/) (2024)
- [Knowledge-Centric Templatic Views of Documents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.06945/) (2024)

## Built on by (most cited first, 30 of 86)

- [Paper2Poster: Towards Multimodal Poster Automation from Scientific Papers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.21497/) (2025)
- [AGENTIF: Benchmarking Instruction Following of Large Language Models in Agentic Scenarios](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.16944/) (2025)
- [Vision-as-Inverse-Graphics Agent via Interleaved Multimodal Reasoning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2601.11109/) (2026)
- [PaperBanana: Automating Academic Illustration for AI Scientists](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2601.23265/) (2026)
- [SlideCoder: Layout-aware RAG-enhanced Hierarchical Slide Generation from Design](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.07964/) (2025)
- [Paper2Video: Automatic Video Generation from Scientific Papers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2510.05096/) (2025)
- [AutoFigure: Generating and Refining Publication-Ready Scientific Illustrations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2602.03828/) (2026)
- [Multimodal DeepResearcher: Generating Text-Chart Interleaved Reports From Scratch with Agentic Framework](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.02454/) (2025)
- [PresentAgent: Multimodal Agent for Presentation Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2507.04036/) (2025)
- [DeepPresenter: Environment-Grounded Reflection for Agentic Presentation Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2602.22839/) (2026)
- [PreGenie: An Agentic Framework for High-quality Visual Presentation Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.21660/) (2025)
- [PPTBench: Towards Holistic Evaluation of Large Language Models for PowerPoint Layout and Design Understanding](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2512.02624/) (2025)
- [PresentBench: A Fine-Grained Rubric-Based Benchmark for Slide Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.07244/) (2026)
- [Presenting a Paper is an Art: Self-Improvement Aesthetic Agents for Academic Presentations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2510.05571/) (2025)
- [SlideTailor: Personalized Presentation Slide Generation for Scientific Papers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2512.20292/) (2025)
- [Position: The Real Barrier to LLM Agent Usability is Agentic ROI](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.17767/) (2025)
- [BannerAgency: Advertising Banner Design with Multimodal LLM Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.11060/) (2025)
- [Talk to Your Slides: High-Efficiency Slide Editing via Language-Driven Structured Data Manipulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.11604/) (2025)
- [PosterGen: Aesthetic-Aware Multi-Modal Paper-to-Poster Generation via Multi-Agent LLMs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2508.17188/) (2025)
- [PPTArena: A Benchmark for PowerPoint Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2512.03042/) (2025)
- [DECKBench: Benchmarking Multi-Agent Frameworks for Academic Slide Generation and Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2602.13318/) (2026)
- [AeSlides: Incentivizing Aesthetic Layout in LLM-Based Slide Generation via Verifiable Rewards](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.22840/) (2026)
- [AI for Auto-Research: Roadmap & User Guide](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.18661/) (2026)
- [SlidesGen-Bench: Evaluating Slides Generation via Computational and Quantitative Metrics](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2601.09487/) (2026)
- [Crafter: A Multi-Agent Harness for Editable Scientific Figure Generation from Diverse Inputs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.30611/) (2026)
- [AutoDesign: Meta-Harness Optimization for Long-Horizon Agentic Design](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.13560/) (2026)
- [PosterForest: Hierarchical Multi-Agent Collaboration for Scientific Poster Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2508.21720/) (2025)
- [SciFig: Towards Automating Editable Figure Generation for Scientific Papers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2601.04390/) (2026)
- [Human-Agent Collaborative Paper-to-Page Crafting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2510.19600/) (2025)
- [Paper2SysArch: Structure-Constrained System Architecture Generation from Scientific Papers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.18036/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Automatically generating presentations from documents is a challenging task that requires accommodating content quality, visual appeal, and structural coherence. Existing methods primarily focus on improving and evaluating the content quality in isolation, overlooking visual appeal and structural coherence, which limits their practical applicability. To address these limitations, we propose PPTAgent, which comprehensively improves presentation generation through a two-stage, edit-based approach inspired by human workflows. PPTAgent first analyzes reference presentations to extract slide-level functional types and content schemas, then drafts an outline and iteratively generates editing actions based on selected reference slides to create new slides. To comprehensively evaluate the quality of generated presentations, we further introduce PPTEval, an evaluation framework that assesses presentations across three dimensions: Content, Design, and Coherence. Results demonstrate that PPTAgent significantly outperforms existing automatic presentation generation methods across all three dimensions.