Achuan-2/SlideSCI

What it solves

SlideSCI is a PowerPoint plugin designed to eliminate the tedious manual formatting tasks associated with creating scientific presentations. It addresses common pain points such as the inability to add image captions, the lack of automatic image alignment, and the difficulty of inserting complex LaTeX formulas or formatted Markdown notes into slides.

How it works

Developed using C# and Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO), the plugin integrates directly into the Microsoft PowerPoint interface on Windows. It provides a set of specialized tools for layout automation, content insertion, and AI-assisted editing.

Who it’s for

Researchers, graduate students, and academics who need to create clear, professional scientific presentations quickly without spending hours on manual alignment and formatting.

Highlights

• AI Assistant: Integrates LLM APIs to edit current slide content and customize system prompts.
• LaTeX Support: Allows insertion of editable LaTeX text or high-quality SVG versions for complex formulas.
• Markdown Integration: Enables pasting entire Markdown notes into slides with support for bold, italics, lists, code blocks (with syntax highlighting), and tables.
• Layout Automation: Features automatic image alignment (grid, waterfall, or uniform height) and batch addition of image captions and labels (e.g., A, B, C).
• Formatting Tools: Includes a "copy-paste position" feature to ensure elements across different slides are in the exact same location.
• Asset Library: A built-in library to save, search, and export frequently used shapes and elements.