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There’s never enough time to produce polished, nuanced work that packs a punch. That’s why we’ve given Tome’s generative presentation experience a revamp so you can shape and express your ideas more powerfully, with even more control.

We’ll share ways to create great starting points with AI, delve into the new presentation experience, and share specific examples of how to use Tome for any presentation need, whether that's sales, marketing, or for an entrepreneurial endeavor. Let’s jump in.

Before honing your presentation, create a strong starting point with an effective prompt. You can begin with a 

brief prompt (think a sentence with a few details), or write complex prompts (a few sentences with more context)

From there, Tome’s AI lets you quickly generate outlines to help you refine your points. You can easily reorder or remove sections in the outline phase until you shape what works for you.

Now that you have some background, you’re ready to begin creating  content and building on your ideas. Here’s how to get started:

This is where the (new) magic happens. In our first iteration of the presentation experience, Tome offered only one standard format for every page. Now in the updated presentation generation experience, you have multiple ways to direct page information and design. Here’s how to get a full presentation in seconds:

Finalize your outline and select the length of your presentation in the command bar.

A full presentation will quickly unfurl in the length you selected.

You can also experiment and refine your presentation page-by-page. Here’s how:

Tome’s AI generates four different page options.

Select the page content and design you like best.

 → to get four new options to choose from, select one, and continue page-by-page until you’re finished.

You can continue to refine and hone your presentation. For deeper dives on tips for presentation creation, check out our in-depth guide, 

How to Create a Great Presentation with AI in Tome

Let’s dive into a few examples of how to use presentation prompts in common use-case scenarios.

In this example, a founder of a pet hardware company uses a short but precise prompt. He asks for a 

 that describes the type of hardware that the company offers: point-of-care devices.

The page layout features an all-text with single hero image option. A large text tile on the left showcases a placeholder company name in header font size so it’s easily readable.

The text tiles on the right organizes an overview of their sample product information using simple, clear headers and paragraphs of content.

Tome’s AI can capture long and detailed prompts as seen in this Sales-focused example around block chain tech and supply chain management.

There are three distinct requests in this prompt. They ask for an outline, discussion points for the topic, and specific examples in the form of case studies.

This is an example of a conclusion page. A compelling visual image is generated that draws the eye in and anchors the columns of content with headers that organize the clear, concise nuggets of information that addresses the prompt.

From the perspective of a marketer building a presentation around virtual reality, this is another example of a more contextual and detailed prompt.

Multiple requests are in this prompt—they want info on current trends in VR for an educational setting, examples of ways to use VR, and a nod to how it might be beneficial for future generations.

In this layout option, Tome’s AI aligns a captivating single image alongside supporting content. The information is organized using a straightforward header font and body copy formatting paired with a bulleted list view for easy readability.

This freelance travel creator is in the beginning phase of creating a presentation, and uses a sentence with a few instructions as a prompt.

Tome’s AI quickly generates detailed content that hits each prompt keyword and formats it in a digestible format—header and supporting paragraph.

In this layout option, visually stunning AI-generated images that offer a different glimpse into luxe travel compliments the body of content in the presentation’s page.

We hope generative presentations V2 gives you more narrative control and greater impact in work and in life. For more tips and best practices on how to create in Tome, be sure to bookmark our 

You can also experiment on your own and start a presentation in Tome from scratch. For even more inspiration, check out our growing 

 to find strong thought-starters for your work.

As always, we’d love your feedback. Drop us a line at team@tome.app.

Meet Generative Presentations V2: How to Make Your Best Work in Tome

What if you could skip the tough parts of starting something from scratch and get right into your creative flow? Whether you’re a marketer, founder, creator or leading a sales team, Tome’s AI gives you the flexibility to create a wide range of starting places for your work. From there, you can build, shape, and sharpen your narrative points.

We’ll cover the key ways for using Tome’s AI to rev on your ideas quickly and take them to new heights. Let’s jump in.

To begin, create a new tome by clicking the magenta 

 button in the upper right corner of your workspace. To unlock generative creation in Tome, hover your cursor over the gray command bar at the bottom of your tome.

From here, you can create a starting point for your work through a few different ways:

 and full, first drafts of presentations that you can edit and customize with the help of AI using the 

 feature to copy up to 25 pages of text into Tome and generate a synthesized, structured narrative in seconds.

 in your workspace on our site for even more ways to start great work. Last, you can always simply experiment and start building a tome from scratch.

Developing robust narrative frameworks in Tome begins with writing prompts. Learning how to craft the most effective prompts to shape the most compelling output with Tome’s AI is key. Here are some tips to keep in mind:

Whether you’re opting to create a multi-page narrative through “create a presentation,” or a single-page tome like a one-pager or landing site “with create a page,” start by specifying your use case or creation type. 

The use case options are endless—you can choose any format for work—

—or opt for personal and creative content such as an 

 from a birds-eye view and go broad to start, e.g., “a brand strategy for an e-commerce company,” or, “tips for a medium-sized sales team.” This is particularly helpful if you’re looking for thought-starters to kickstart inspiration.

Then you can be direct and specific in asking for what you want, as you would with a business partner or colleague. For example, say you’re seeking ideas for “a full-funnel go-to-market strategy featuring a mix of digital ads and out of home event ideas for a children’s clothing company.”

Let’s look at an example of a prompt when creating a presentation. Type this prompt into your command bar at the bottom of your workspace: "

enterprise sales pitch for environmentally friendly HVAC systems."

The ability to reorder your outline sections is done simply by dragging and dropping where you want your points to land.

You can also add or remove narrative sections by hovering over an outline item and clicking the 

icon on the right side of the section to add or remove any topic.

For even more tips on creating starting points with AI, check out our 

Tome 101 guide for creating presentations

Sharpening your ideas and elevating them with Tome’s AI is a powerful starting point because it behaves as a truly 

Tome’s AI considers all of your ideas quickly and uses them as jumping off points, providing additional context and narrative thought-starters in seconds. Whether you’re making a single-page narrative or a multi-page narrative like a presentation, it’s a seamless process.

You can then continue to refine by manually editing, tweaking and customizing your tomes. Here’s a breakdown of options featuring generative and manual features:

If you have a clear sense of your topic already, use 

 for additional inspiration, context and key narrative elements.

To better support your presentation points quickly, click the 

 button in the lower left of your workspace to view a range of layout options.

Choose the layout you prefer, or tap the 

Curating and selecting the right visuals is a huge part of the honing stage. Click on the 

 to the right of your screen and tap the Image tile.

button and enter a prompt—go broad or get granular. You can continue to riff and tweak your prompts if you don’t love the AI-generated images you get. You can also upload your own images, or select stunning, hi-res visuals from 

Most of us talk to our friends differently than we do with our bosses. Shifting our tone and style can be done in Tome within seconds using the ✨ 

Rewrite (highlight the text you wish to change and get a swift rewrite—

Adjust tone (select any text and choose from five different inflections—friendly, persuasive, neutral, etc.).

Reduce (highlight any text you want to see shortened).

Extend (select text to expand your sentences and thinking).

You can bolster or cross-check your arguments without leaving Tome, through 

Tome’s AI then searches every page of the internet, curating only the most relevant, high quality sources for your review in a new tab.

Remember that refining with AI doesn’t have to be the end of customization. For more on how to customize colors, themes and other features in the tile selector, check out our 

Tome’s AI is designed to help unlock and spark your creativity. We can't wait to see where the page takes you. Stay tuned for more in the 

What would you like to do more of with Tome? Let us know at 

Unlocking Your Ideas with AI in Tome

Elegance, precision and polish. Definitely things to strive for when it comes to making impactful work. These are also probably the first things that get glossed over, because you don’t have the time to spend copious minutes getting elegance, precision and polish into your work. The first priority is likely to get it done and get it done on time. But what if you 

 do all the things—create dynamic work that sings, leaves the right impression, achieves your objectives efficiently—

 do it all in one place? Start here with Tome, a new way for you to refine and share ideas.

We’ll walk you through the basics of Tome—how to get started honing your ideas, show you how to use specific AI features, and give a quick tour of Tome’s 

Expect to get even more inspiration and help solidifying starter thoughts and ideas because of the limitless variations you get with Tome’s AI. We’ve already discussed how using AI tools in Tome does not mean the perfect page, image, line of text or thinking has been achieved. 

 What you get when typing a prompt into the command bar is only the start of the refining and revising process.

AI generation makes this crucial and unavoidable stage a seamless and far less tedious experience. More importantly, it emphasizes the vast array of possibilities in Tome that you can utilize for sparking creative thought—any fact or concept from the web, images, and more in literally seconds.

Since Tome is an AI native product, you can use AI to do virtually everything from 

generating entire narrative arcs for presentations

 to match a certain tone (neutral, friendly, persuasive, etc.), to scoping out 

. AI is built into nearly every part of Tome, use as you see fit.

The two primary ways of getting started with AI features in Tome:

—Going this route gives you four discrete page variations based on your prompts. Best when you know your focus and need additional layout variations to support or add contextual color.

—For when you’re just beginning to put together a concept, and could use outputs from Tome's AI to inspire your narrative. 

 for creating presentations to dig even deeper into AI features.

Once your page or presentation is created, it’s time to hone and refine. Here are four functions available to help you customize and shape:

Seeking more specific content in your pages? Get granular with your prompt, i.e., “

 for four variations you can keep, or not keep.

Still feeling uninspired, or like something’s missing? Tap 

 in the lower left of your screen for even more page layout options. Adjusting layouts is also simple—hover your cursor over the grey handle between any two tiles in a row, and drag to resize.

Not feeling inspired with the first output or two? Click the 

 in presentation generation mode. Don’t forget our 

Time to personalize your branding, or you need to use your company’s colors? Head to Tome’s tile selector on the right of your workspace. Click the 

 icon to access the theme picker, upload your company's branding, or select your own, and 

For even more design-focused guidance, be sure and check out these 

What’s possible in Tome? Take a walk through our 

 to get a clear sense by use case. Our collection continues to grow with the intention of giving you as many kernels of inspiration, starter ideas and powerful ways to improve efficiency with elegance.

Each template provides a visual outline in Tome’s sleek and modern aesthetic giving your work sophisticated and understated polish that will help you stand out, while hitting all of the nodes of information you need. All you have to do is choose which template serves you best, make a copy, and you're ready to go.

These are a few of our top templates. Duplicate and take them for a spin:

These days, everyone is everywhere all at once—message, email, social, newsletters, news platforms, the list goes on. Tome is built to be easily shared across any of these channels. You can pick and choose how you want to send your tomes by clicking the 

 button on the top right of your screen. This opens the 

 settings where you can copy a public share link, add email addresses of selected recipients, or even generate a QR code unique to your tome. 

Since tomes look just as great on mobile as they do on desktop, you don’t have to take time fussing with formatting, all tiles are fully mobile-responsive. 

first blog in the Tome 101 Content Series

 where we talk about how to create beautiful presentations with AI. Bookmark the 

 for even more Tome 101 content, and other stories. 

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The Basics of Tome:
What it Is and What's Possible

None of us wants to waste time and all of us wish we had more of it. Especially when it comes to work and making compelling presentations. Building clear, concise narratives in this once-traditional format is easier, visually elegant and efficient in Tome. You might be thinking—

Tome’s intelligent digital canvas, including our growing 

, gives you new and limitless ways to express your thoughts. Already have your topic in mind but want to explore it even further? Or you’re starting from scratch and need thought-starter inspiration to get the presentation going? 

Here are three ways to get started making compelling presentations in Tome, along with some of our top design tips to give your presentation polish and impact.

 is best for when you have a crystal clear sense of your presentation’s subject but could use additional information and contextual background. Or you’re seeking to go deeper into specific topics that support your presentation’s main point. Here’s how to give this 

At the bottom of your workspace, click into the empty command bar and select 

 into the command bar. You can go broad or get as specific and detailed as you’d like in writing prompts.

You’ll get four pages with different layout options to choose from, each with a different approach to your presentation topic.

None of those page options feel right? Simply hit the 

 button to get four fresh pages with four new layouts. Rinse and repeat until you get what works best. It takes seconds.

Consider our tips on writing prompts for page generation where it's possible to get even more precise page variations like 

Don’t worry about losing any of these pages either. Search your AI 

 icon to see the last five page prompts you wrote. You can also take any of the pages you’ve received from previous prompts and add them to your presentation as you build on your narrative. Play and see what happens.

If your ideas feel amorphous and not crystallized, that’s okay. When you don’t know where to start, using Tome’s AI to create a presentation gives you ample opportunity for refining your ideas beginning with the outline. Say you’re a founder kicking off your first winter footwear collection and need ideas on how to pitch your debut product line for your presentation. Here’s how it works.

Create a product sales pitch about technologically innovative winter footwear. 

 and Tome's AI will generate an outline in seconds.

 where you can manually customize sections, topics and re-order to get your product line pitch perfect. Just drag and drop with your cursor.

You can also manually adjust how short or long you’d like your presentation to be using the Length indicator field. Say you’re in the mood for six pages, or maybe 11 is better? Simply drag the indicator to the number you want.

 button and watch as Tome’s AI generates a complete presentation in the length you requested.

From there, you can customize, re-order and re-organize the presentation’s pages and content by dragging and dropping. Want to start fresh? Tap the 

Tome's AI as your teammate and a thought-partner

. As you’ve discovered, shaping and getting starter ideas for your presentation using prompts is seamless and fast, but that's only the beginning. 

In order to build the proper foundation, narrative and final touches, manually editing and refining is still very much a part of the Tome creation process. Customizing those key elements in your presentation—text, images, layouts and more… it starts with the tile selector. Let’s take a tour.

To the right of your workspace, note the right-side toolbar with unique buttons for every type of content you can use in Tome—text, media, (images and video are now grouped together), tables, and interactive embeds. Just click and select. Think of the toolbar as a remote control for your tome. We'll quickly break down each button for you.

button. Click and you get four tiles for adding in text formats—headlines, body text, list, and captions. Click or drag to add any of these tiles directly into your tome. 

Each of these tiles also gives you additional customization abilities such as 

, changing font sizes and typefaces, using bullets or numbers in list view, etc. Explore and experiment. 

 button gives you the options to get AI-generated visuals, upload your own image, or search the web for the right pictures to communicate your point.

 button does exactly that—clicking gives you the ability to quickly add a table. Choose up to six columns across and start organizing your thoughts with visual panache.

 button is where you can embed website pages and integration tiles like Figma, Airtable and Miro into your workspace to help you add depth and context.

 button lets you customize the look/feel and color of your presentation. There is a robust menu of visual themes to choose from that you can experiment with. Apply to your entire tome or just to specific pages. You can also create and save your own custom theme if you have company branding to adhere to.

icon at the top of your workspace) provides a bite-sized video of yourself that appears on the page of your tome so you can talk through your presentation points. 

Nobody likes having to parse an eye-chart of too much content on a page. The 

Editing & formatting options are now connected to individual tiles. Click 

at the top of any tile to make changes, whether you want to regenerate an AI image or reformat text. You can also click and drag 

: For a behind-the-scenes deep dive on color and custom themes, check out our 

So now you know how to ideate, create and customize your tomes, let’s dive even deeper into design. Since Tome is an inherently visual and totally new way to shape ideas and tell stories, we tapped our team of designers for their advice on how best to polish your tomes, and create impactful work that resonates with an audience.

Write text by either clicking directly into your workspace, or remember to use the tile selector by tapping on the 

 icon on the right side of your screen. Drag the Text tile from the tile selector, drop it into your page, and start writing.

Keep your words on the shorter side when you can. Concise, punchy headlines that convey a single point, followed by smaller supporting text (sub headlines) work best.

Don’t go too big. It can be temping to use large-sized fonts and typefaces for all of your words, but that can sometimes overwhelm and even confuse your reader.

Try using headers as page titles. Consider using them as large blocks for testimonial quotes or statements you'd like to emphasize.

Longer paragraphs can make it more difficult for readers to follow your content. Try to avoid paragraphs that run the entire width of the page.

 icon in the tile selector to access the ability to customize colors and themes for either your entire tome, or select pages within your tome.

Similar to choosing paint color for an interior space, neutrals are best for the background of your presentations. This allows your content to shine on its own.

If you’d like to integrate more color, consider applying some as an accent in the text color or incorporate imagery, such as photography, illustration, or an AI-generated image.

Try dragging and dropping individual text tiles separately onto your page, instead of using a single tile to write all your copy. This gives you more layout flexibility.

Experiment with aligning multiple text tiles horizontally for additional layout versatility.

You can manually adjust the height and width of text or media tiles by placing your cursor along the borders to resize. When using a Table tile, keep columns to about 40 max for readability.

Ensure all bullet points or line items are similar in length, so it looks and feels consistent.

What do you think... did we follow our own advice? 😉

We hope you bookmark the Tome blog for more tips and product feature overviews like this one. For more spotlights on interesting people making new things with Tome, bookmark our 

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How to Create a Great Presentation
with AI in Tome

You’re in the zone. The inspo and ideas are pouring out onto the page, but you’re not 100% positive you've got your facts straight about [fill-in-the-blank], or you could really use more color and context on that key stat or detail. Wouldn't it be great to have some research help handy so you can stay in that state of creative flow right in Tome?

We built the first version of references (in beta) to do just that. Here are three tips and a few examples to show you how to use Tome to land your points and strengthen your statements with confidence.

Simple and seamless. You'll notice that you're not bombarded with a ton of references as choices because Tome's AI has done the work for you—more on that next.

Let's say you're shaping an analysis about space exploration and you want to confirm the accuracy of a statement you've included on a specific detail—cargo delivery flight dates to the International Space Station at NASA.

First, select the statement you’d like to cross-check and click the 'Reference' button in the format bar (the menu of options that pops up above the highlighted statement). Here's an example: 

Notice in our example below how two references have appeared in the hover state module. The first reference listed aligns with your highlighted statement: 

The first flight of Dragon 2 in a cargo configuration launched in December 2020

Tome’s AI searches every page of the internet, curating only the most relevant, high quality references for you to review. Tome then bubbles up a key, concise excerpt from each source in the hover state where you can review the strongest validating piece of information right away. If it works for you, add the reference to your work, or keep exploring information by opening other sources. 

Any compelling narrative, theory, or argument needs to be grounded in trusted information. To get there, the research and discovery process usually means sifting through lots of information and reviewing many sources to a) identify what supports your ideas best and b) address notable ideas that might not. 

Sometimes you end up learning something entirely unexpected in the research process, and sometimes your POV can change based on the information you surface.

We built references intentionally with these discovery experiences in mind. Here’s an example from the same space exploration page showing how the highlighted statement results in a different point of view.

Same space exploration theme but different statement selected needing a reference: 

The first reference includes information that doesn’t align with your selected statement—habitable volume for crew members is actually 

. Here, the feature shows you a different, relevant source to consider—one that's even more precise. The opportunity to change how you express your statement is now possible.

You don't have to interrupt your inspiration mindset, leave your tome, or toggle over to another window to conduct more research or fact-check. After reviewing references and choosing which works best for you, you can add a reference as a superscript with just a click. Simply click “Add” on the reference you’d like to cite, and Tome will automatically add it to your copy, hyperlinked.

We get how important it is to stay on the page in that creative headspace and keep iterating.

: When you share your tome with others (and we hope you do), your viewer can hover their cursor over the superscript and the full reference preview will appear. It’s easy for your audience to see exactly where your references were sourced, which helps you build even more authority.

Using references to quickly ground your statements in trusted information, test ideas in the discovery process, and stay in-flow can all help you add layers of nuance, knowledge and context to your ideas, whether you’re creating for work or for fun.

References are still a work-in-progress beta that we're excited to keep improving. We’d love your feedback. Drop us a line at 

Tips to Get the Most 
Out of References

You're here and ready to get ideas out of your mind and onto the page. But now you're staring at Tome's command bar, that blinking cursor—

—and maybe you're feeling a bit… uncertain. Where do I start, how do I craft the strongest prompt, what kind of pages can I expect to see? We've got you. Here are our top tips for using more powerful page generation in Tome. 


Tip 1: Consider Tome your AI thought partner

Using page generation lets you quickly explore ideas, experiment, and get messy. As you shape, iterate and refine your ideas from beginning to end, page generation can help kickstart new inspiration with a single prompt. 

It's okay if your concept is in that wet-clay-just-beginning-to-take-shape phase and isn't fully formed. Shifting into an inspo mindset will help you let page generation work 

 you to spark ideas through an array of visual variations. We'll show you. 

 and getting better outputs. Looking for a new job? In the command bar, write a prompt asking for a resume or portfolio. You can change the outputs if you want to go in a different direction—

. Maybe you want more images, copy only or a combination of both.

There are multiple ways to express your ideas with page generation. See what feels, looks and ultimately, what works best for the goal you’re trying to achieve. 

Experiment as you ideate. You’re not limited in Tome by standard formatting (text on the left, image on the right). Creations like one-pagers, mood boards, newsletters, microsites and more are all possible. Select the one that works best for your use case scenario and go from there.


Tip 3: Be specific and directive with your prompts

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Meet Generative Presentations V2: How to Make Your Best Work in Tome

Unlocking Your Ideas with AI in Tome

The Basics of Tome: What it Is and What's Possible

How to Create a Great Presentation with AI in Tome

Tips to Get the Most Out of References

How to Craft Prompts for Page Generation

Tips for Crafting Generative Prompts

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How to Create a Great Presentation with AI in Tome

Tips to Get the Most Out of References

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