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Screenshot slides that age overnight

A captured dashboard is already out of date. If the live number matters, paste it as text or link the source. A PNG of yesterday’s UI is a trap.

MagicSlides will happily place a screenshot. You are responsible for whether it is still true tomorrow morning. Prefer a chart you can edit in PowerPoint.

Date the capture

If you must use a screenshot, write the date on the slide. Silent UI chrome is how someone quotes a number you cannot defend.

Rights still apply

A competitor’s product UI in your deck is a screenshot with a lawyer. Use your own product, or describe the idea without the chrome.

Frequently asked questions

Can I crop the screenshot?

Crop the noise, not the axis labels. A chart without a scale is decoration.

What about a YouTube frame?

Cite it and do not pretend it is your research. Better: pull the claim into a sentence and skip the frame.