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Appendix slides for the questions you will get

The live deck should stay short. The backup slides are how you survive procurement, legal, and ‘what about last year?’ without stuffing the main flow.

Generate the extra detail, then move it behind a divider. MagicSlides can draft both. You decide what is spoken and what is parked.

Name the appendix

A section called ‘Backup’ is enough. If you hide extra charts in the main story, you will present them by accident.

Paste the real numbers there

AI charts are a sketch. The appendix is where you put the figure you will defend. Do that before presenter view, not during the question.

Frequently asked questions

Should I print the appendix?

Only if they asked for a leave-behind. Otherwise keep it in the PPTX.

How many backup slides?

As many as the questions you already know. Not a second keynote.