Hi everyone – I’m in a finance-focused role where I spend a lot of time building decks. Like, 90% of my job is making PowerPoint presentations. And honestly… I’m tired. PowerPoint just feels slow and clunky, especially when you’re making small visual adjustments over and over.
I’m seriously considering switching to Figma to speed up my workflow and make things more enjoyable. But I’ve hit a few snags that I’m hoping you all can help with:
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Company Template: We have a corporate PowerPoint template that includes a branded background and logo placement. In PPT, I just start with the template file. How would I recreate that in Figma so that every new slide starts clean with our design?
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Excel Charts & Graphs: One major thing keeping me in PPT is the ability to copy/paste charts straight from Excel. It keeps all formatting and is easy to update. Has anyone figured out a good workflow for bringing charts into Figma—either as editable visuals or quick screenshots that look good?
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Tables in Figma: Tables in PowerPoint are the worst—so I was excited by how much cleaner tables feel in Figma. But I’ve run into a couple issues:
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I can’t seem to vertically center text in table cells
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I’m not sure how to evenly distribute column widths or row heights without eyeballing it
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If I can sort out those three things, I’m fully ready to make the switch. Would love to hear from anyone who’s made the transition—especially if you also work in finance or consulting and use decks for internal/executive reporting.
Thanks in advance!