The chart is no longer a flat image, but an object with its underlying data.

Manus now generates native PowerPoint files where charts remain editable objects backed by data tables, available in a beta version for direct presentation

Manus now produces native PowerPoint files, from the first slide to the last. Until now, the tool built its presentations in a web format before converting them to .pptx upon export—a step that could disrupt the formatting. The web layer is gone: .pptx is the destination from the very start.

The difference is structural. A chart is no longer a flattened image but an object backed by its data table: click on it in PowerPoint or Google Slides, change a number, and the bar adjusts. Tables have real cells that can be merged and resized, and layouts respect slide masters.

Editing can also be done without leaving Manus. Clicking on a chart opens two controls: one toggles axes, legends, gridlines, and data labels; the other unfolds a spreadsheet over the slide, with the table on the left and the live preview on the right. A changed value redraws the chart instantly.

The mode accepts the tool's usual inputs. Connect a Google Sheets file, and it analyzes the numbers before building the charts; describe a topic in a single sentence, and it researches, synthesizes, and cites its sources; provide a report, a web page, or raw meeting notes, and it extracts an outline. PowerPoint mode is available in beta.