Alterlab Pptx Posters
Skill Verified ActivePart of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite. Create research posters using HTML/CSS that can be exported to PDF or PPTX. Use this skill ONLY when the user explicitly requests PowerPoint/PPTX poster format. For standard research posters, use latex-posters instead. This skill provides modern web-based poster design with responsive layouts and easy visual integration.
To enable researchers to create research posters specifically in PowerPoint (PPTX) format using web technologies, when this particular output is explicitly required by the user.
Features
- HTML/CSS based poster design
- Export to PDF via browser print
- Conversion to PowerPoint (PPTX)
- Integration of AI-generated visuals
- Responsive layout principles
Use Cases
- When a user explicitly requests a 'PPTX poster', 'PowerPoint poster', or 'PPT poster'.
- When a user needs to edit a research poster in PowerPoint after creation.
- When a non-LaTeX solution is preferred or required for poster design.
- For integrating AI-generated visuals into a poster format that can be edited in standard office software.
Non-Goals
- Creating standard research posters (use 'latex-posters' skill instead).
- Providing LaTeX-based poster generation.
- Generating posters when PPTX format is not explicitly requested.
Trust
- info:Issues AttentionThere are 2 open issues and 0 closed issues in the last 90 days, indicating low recent activity or a lack of reported issues.
Installation
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-SkillsRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
Quality Score
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