Introduction: Use ChatGPT with PowerPoint and Excel and increase productivity 10x

The blog discusses fascinating ways you can use ChatGPT to process Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT), Excel and increase your productivity. From analyzing huge amount of excel data to creating impactful, customized presentations in minutes.

The blog covers PowerPoint and Excel only. For leveraging ChatGPT on Word and PDF, refer our other blog.

Please note, some of these activities discussed in the blog are supported only in the paid version of ChatGPT (ChatGPT4 Plus) .

Here are options by which you can upload table data into ChatGPT for analysis
– Ask ChatGPT to extract table data from documents (Word, PDF, PPT) uploaded to it
– Copy paste table data (xls , csv ) directly into ChatGPT
– Upload excel sheet directly to ChatGPT
We will discuss these techniques in details further in the blog.


1: Extract tables from a document. Analyze, visualize the data and create a PowerPoint summary

In this example we will demonstrate the following
1) Extract tables from document via ChatGPT. Analyze the extracted data
2) Create visualization on the extracted data
3) Create PowerPoint presentations on the visualization

We have taken Standard Chartered Bank’s Full Year – Annual Report (23 February 2024, PDF) for this example.

Prompt 1: You are a financial advisor. I will upload the SCB 2023 full year financial report. Extract and read page 363 on consolidated balance sheet . Then summarize.

The uploaded annual report is 536 pages big PDF. In this prompt we have asked ChatGPT to only read page 363 which contains the consolidated balance sheet. As you can see from the run that ChatGPT was successfully able to extract only the Balance sheet table and summarize the data precisely.


Prompt 2 : Create 4 visualization of the data.

With this prompt, now ChatGPT has gone ahead and created four visualization covering 2022 and 2023 balance sheet data it extracted earlier, covering assets, liabilities and equities. The visualization are bar chart, but you can continue prompting ChatGPT to create visualization with other chart types and also with other fields of the balance sheets.


Prompt 3 : Create a PPT of the images with one image on each slide.

As you can see from the sample run, ChatGPT has now created a PowerPoint presentation which you can download ( and further customize as per your needs). As instructed ChatGPT has put one image (visualized earlier) in one slide.

2. Upload excel data ( as input). Analyze, visualize the data and create PowerPoint in a specific template

In this example we will demonstrate the following
1) Copy (input) excel data directly into ChatGPT and analyze
2) Create visualization on the input excel data
3) Upload a PowerPoint template (customized as per your needs) and have ChatGPT use the template ONLY to add the visualizations. While adding the visualization we will further prompt ChatGPT to structure each slide based on specific design.

We have taken Standard Chartered Bank’s Full Year – Data Pack (23 February 2024, Excel) for this example.

Prompt 1: I will upload the data for quarterly balance sheet of SCB. Analise the Profit/Loss and create three interesting visualization. Here is the data:

In this example we have copied the data from ‘Statement of Results’ tab of the excel sheet (Figure 1) , directly into ChatGPT (Figure 2).
As we can see from the run, ChatGPT has successfully created three different types of visualization on Profit/Loss statement and provided a brief summary (Figure 3 and 4).
You can continue prompting further using other fields from the balance sheet excel data and create different types of visualization.

Figure 1: Excel Sheet (Input)
Figure 2: Excel data copied as prompt into ChatGPT
Figure 3: Visualization created by ChatGPT
Figure 4: Visualization created by ChatGPT

Prompt 2 : Insert the visualization in the PPT template I have attached. Include one visualization in one slide. The visualization should be on left hand side, covering 50% of the screen size. Add a text box on the right hand side of the slide. And the text should be word wrapped. The colors of the text should match the visualization of the color scheme.

Now we will attach a PowerPoint template (Figure 5) that we have created into ChatGPT. The template can be your organization template or any other format you like.
We have then asked ChatGPT to add the three visualization into the same template. Also, we have instructed it to add a text box for each image in the PowerPoint.
As we can see from the run, ChatGPT has successfully carried out the instructions.

Figure 5: Sample PPT template uploaded to ChatGPT
Figure 6: Prompt input to ChatGPT
Figure 7: ChatGPT output
Figure 8: PowerPoint created by ChatGPT

3. Upload excel file. Ask ChatGPT to prescribe (and create) analysis and presentation output

In this example we will demonstrate the following
1) Upload a excel file directly into ChatGPT for analysis
2) Ask ChatGPT to provide key insights from the data
3) Ask ChatGPT to recommend best PowerPoint template and design to present the data insights discovered
4) Create the PowerPoint

We have taken NASDAQ 5 year historical price data (2019 to 2024)

Prompt 1: Read the Nasdaq historical data for 5 years. provide me 5 interesting facts based on trend analysis

Figure 1: Excel sheet uploaded to ChatGPT as prompt. ChatGPT reads and provides initial analysis.


Prompt 2: Give three ideas for visualizing the data

Figure 2: Three interesting visualization suggested by ChatGPT based on the data it analyzed in earlier step


Prompt 3: Create three visualization showing how the three investment option would have performed
1. A SIP of 100 done done every month in Nasdaq, beginning 2019
2. A SIP of 1200 in NASDAQ done at beginning of each year from 2019
3. Lumpsum investment of 60000 in NASDAQ done at beginning of 2019
In X axis keep year 2019 to 2023. In Y axis keep cumulative market value of the investment

Figure 3: ChatGPT output showing the three set of graphs covering SIP and Lump Sum investment


Prompt 4: Can you help me draft a slide that summarizes the three investment options. What design elements should I use in the slides to emphasize the benefit of monthly SIP over other two investment options.

Figure 4.1 : ChatGPT recommending PPT template and structure
Figure 4.2 : ChatGPT recommending PPT template and structure (Contd.)

Prompt 5: Create a PPT based on the above suggestion.

Figure 5.1: ChatGPT creates the PPT (Downloadable)
Figure 5.2: PPT created as per the instructions

Disclaimer!

LLM like ChatGPT, Gemini can provide incorrect and inaccurate outputs. Always double check the output before you use it.

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