AIAP Tool Guides·Manus·18:42

Manus Slides and Images: Agent-Built Slide Decks with Export, Anatomy of an Image Prompt, and an Agent That Pauses to Ask

Karan Rana Brand/marketing manager, YouTuber, podcaster and course creator ("a non-tech guy"); presents the AI for Marketing, NotebookLM and Manus tool guides

▶LMS lesson

The short version

Create > Slides: Manus plans, works in an Ubuntu sandbox, searches images and writes the slide as HTML; edit, share, or export to PPTX, PDF or Google Slides (0:00-0:11).
A strong image prompt has role, task, scene layers, style and aspect ratio - "garbage in, garbage out" (0:11-0:15).
Asked for 4:3, Manus paused: "not supported directly", offered 1:1 and waited for a reply before continuing (0:15-0:18).

At a glance, three clicks deep

Skim here first: the closed row is the glance, open is the study card with the key points and timestamps, and the ↓ link drops to that concept's full write-up below.

01Agent-built slides you can edit and exportChoose Slides, describe the topic;›

Choose Slides, describe the topic; watch the plan run and preview the result; edit text in place; export or share.

Run (0:01-0:06)

Edit and export (0:06-0:11)

↓ Full write-up of this concept

02Anatomy of an image prompt, and human-in-the-loop pausesRole, task, background/mid-ground/foreground, style and aspect ratio (1:1 post, 16:9 thumbnail, 9:16 reel c…›

Role, task, background/mid-ground/foreground, style and aspect ratio (1:1 post, 16:9 thumbnail, 9:16 reel cover); expect the agent to stop and ask when a request is unsupported.

Prompt elements (0:12-0:14)

Pause and reply (0:16-0:17)

↓ Full write-up of this concept

The concepts in full

Agent-built slides you can edit and export

how-to

"Gone are the days when we had to literally wait for hours."

Prompt: "create just one slide which says top five iPhone features for content creators". The agent ran through initialising, creating and presenting states and produced a clean white slide with five features and images. Double-click to edit; Share > public link; download PPTX or PDF; convert to Google Slides (the converted slide came through as an image).

Do it in this order

01New task > Create > Slides; describe the topic.
02Open Manus's computer to watch the steps.
03Preview; Edit to change text.
04Share, download PPTX/PDF, or send to Google Slides/Drive.

Why it matters

Quick draft slides with an audit trail.

Anatomy of an image prompt, and human-in-the-loop pauses

"Garbage in, garbage out."

Minimal prompt typed: "You are an award-winning graphic designer. Generate an image of an elephant roaming in the streets of downtown Manhattan. The mood is uplifting and thrilling. The style is photorealistic. I need 4:3 aspect ratio." Output: photorealistic PNG with yellow cabs and golden-hour light. Manus flagged 4:3 as unsupported, offered 1:1, and showed "Manus will continue working after your reply" - like an intern who did 90% and asks for direction.

Why it matters

Sharper first prompts mean fewer iterations.

Tools referenced

Tool	Coverage	Moment	Context
Manus	demonstrated
Google Slides	demonstrated
Genspark	mentioned

Action items

Resources mentioned

Resources

docLesson page on the platform

Extraction notes

This page was built from an auto-generated transcript, which garbles product and people's names. Those were corrected silently in everything above and logged here for transparency. The warnings flag claims that were true on the recording day but change fast.

Transcript corrections applied

The transcript says	The trainer actually means
genspa	Genspark
manas's usb	Manus's computer
gold prompt	good prompt
karan rama	Karan Rana

True on recording day — verify before relying

Vendor UI walkthrough: menu names, layout, plan limits and pricing change monthly - check the live product before following click paths.
Supported aspect ratios, export targets and the sandbox details are as of June 2025 (0:03-0:16).