2.3 – Editing Our Gamma Presentation Lesson

Lesson Overview

Editing and customizing presentations is essential for clear, effective communication. In Gamma, your presentation is built from flexible “cards”—these work like slides, but automatically expand or contract to fit your content. Within each card, you use “blocks” (like text, images, charts) that you can edit, drag, and rearrange. Gamma’s block editor resembles tools like Notion, so if you’re familiar with modern document editors, the experience will feel smooth.

The lesson explains how Gamma’s interface is split into left (overview), center (workspace), and right (tool panel), making it simple to locate cards, blocks, and tools. You’ll discover how to quickly update your presentation: edit text or visual blocks directly, or use the handy three-dot menu to adjust styles or move elements. For bigger modifications, like changing a card’s tone or making slides more visual, Gamma’s integrated AI tools save time and generate creative options. Real-world uses include fine-tuning team briefings, adjusting client proposals for style, or making classroom decks more engaging with visuals and structured content. By mastering these features, anyone—regardless of previous design experience—can create professional, tailored presentations.

Who This Is For

Anyone who wants to quickly upgrade their slides and make presentations clearer and more interactive will benefit from this lesson.

• Business professionals updating sales or project decks
• Educators designing learning materials
• Marketers polishing campaign or pitch presentations
• Content creators shaping webinars or online lessons
• Team leads presenting data and insights
• Anyone exploring AI tools to boost productivity in presentations
  

Where This Fits in a Workflow

After generating an initial outline or draft with Gamma’s AI, the next step is to customize and polish the content to fit your audience and goals. This lesson shows how editing individual cards and blocks supports tasks like personalizing client proposals, updating team meeting decks, or refining classroom material. For example, you might receive a presentation draft from ChatGPT and then adjust major points, add visuals for clarity, or reorder cards to improve the story flow. Mastering these edit-and-enhance steps ensures your presentation isn’t just fast—it’s genuinely tailored, accurate, and effective for the task at hand.

Technical & Workflow Benefits

Traditional presentation editing—like in PowerPoint—often involves rigid slides, manual resizing, and complicated layouts. Gamma’s approach, using flexible cards and blocks, means you no longer have to wrestle with formatting or slide limits. The “Edit with AI” features speed up routine tasks: summarize points into bullets, correct spelling, or visually redesign cards with a click, all from the same space. For example, instead of rewriting all your text, you can shorten long explanations or add new graphics instantly. Teams benefit from consistent, visually appealing decks; solo users save editing time and avoid formatting frustrations. The result: cleaner, more engaging presentations in less time, with far fewer manual adjustments.

Practice Exercise

To solidify your understanding, open a recent AI-generated presentation draft in Gamma or create a new one from an outline. Then:

1. Select a card with a block of text and use the “Edit with AI” tool to make the section more concise or adjust its tone.
2. Insert a new card using the AI feature and prompt Gamma to add a slide about a new topic relevant to your deck.
3. Upload an image or chart onto a blank card and use the card styling options to improve its look and fit.

When you’re finished, ask yourself: How did using these features compare to your previous editing process in other presentation tools?

Course Context Recap

This lesson builds on creating a Gamma presentation from an AI-generated outline, showing you how to edit and customize slides with cards, blocks, and AI tools. Previously, you focused on generating a base presentation; now, you’ve learned practical methods to refine and enhance it. Coming up, you’ll explore how to import and build presentations using existing PowerPoint files or start with nothing but a prompt. Continue through the course to discover all the ways Gamma can upgrade your workflow and presentations.