---
title: Make Word documents, slides and PDFs
description: Ask Ysra for a Word document, a PowerPoint deck or a PDF built from your sources, preview it in the side panel, switch formats and download it.
new_in: "3.19"
---

Ask can hand you a finished file instead of a chat answer: a Word document, a
PowerPoint deck or a PDF, with headings, tables, charts, footnotes and a list
of sources. This page is for anyone who needs something to send, print or
present.

## Ask for a file

Say what the file is for, who will read it, and which format you want:

```text
Write a two-page brief for the board on Q3 churn from churn-q3.xlsx and the
support notes in the Library. Word, with a chart of churn by month.
```

```text
Turn this report into a 10-slide deck for Monday's team meeting.
```

```text
Make a one-page PDF price list from prices.csv, in French.
```

Ysra writes the content from the sources the conversation can read, lays it
out, and checks the finished file before it gives it to you.

## What a file can contain

| Part | Word and PDF | PowerPoint |
|---|---|---|
| Title page and table of contents | Yes | Title slide |
| Headings, paragraphs and lists | Yes | Yes |
| Tables | Yes | Yes, split over more slides when long |
| Charts (bar, column, line, pie) | Yes, as real charts | Yes, as real charts |
| Pictures from the conversation | Yes | Yes |
| Notes, tips and warnings set apart | Yes | — |
| Footnotes and a sources list | Yes | Sources slide |
| Speaker notes and slide numbers | — | Yes |

Right-to-left languages such as Arabic are laid out right to left, and a
paragraph in another language keeps its own direction.

## Preview and download

The file appears on a card in the answer and in the side panel. For a Word
file or a deck, the side panel shows its first pages or slides as pictures,
so you can check it before you open it. Choose **Download** to save it to
your computer.

## Switch formats

To get the same content in another format, ask for it. Ysra reuses what it
already wrote:

```text
Now as slides.
```

```text
Same thing in Word, please.
```

## Change a file

Ask for the change in the conversation, and Ysra makes a new version:

```text
Shorten section 2 to half a page and add a table of the three options.
```

!!! note "Editing your own files"
    Ysra makes new files. It doesn't edit a Word or PowerPoint file you
    uploaded in place: it reads it, and writes a new one.

## Reading Word and PowerPoint files

When you upload a Word file, Ysra also reads its comments and tracked changes
(shown as proposed), and the pictures inside it. See
[Files you can upload](../workspace/files.md).

## What it costs

A file uses credits for writing it and for checking the finished file, as
part of the answer that makes it. Switching formats reuses the content, so it
costs less than writing again. See [Credits and usage](../workspace/credits.md).

## Related

- [Ask a question](index.md) — sources and how answers are written.
- [Views](views.md) — charts and interactive pages inside the answer.
- [Files you can upload](../workspace/files.md) — what Ysra reads, and how much.
- [Workers](../workers/index.md) — get a report on a schedule.