OPF Tone

Formal

Authoritative without being cold. Use third-person constructions, full sentences, and concrete numbers. Avoid hedges and humor that depend on shared in-jokes; rely on clarity and precision to land.

formal4 voice cues3 sample phrases

Tone

Formal

4

cues

4

avoid

Polished, restrained voice for board, investor, and regulator audiences.

“Q4 revenue grew 18% year over year, led by enterprise expansion.”

Generation cue

Use third person and the corporate 'we' sparingly.

Summary

Polished, restrained voice for board, investor, and regulator audiences.

OPF Field

tone

Schema

https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf-tone/v1

Voice Cues

  1. 1

    Use third person and the corporate 'we' sparingly.

  2. 2

    Lead with the recommendation, then evidence.

  3. 3

    Quote concrete numbers; avoid round-tripping ranges.

  4. 4

    Prefer full sentences to bullet fragments on key claims.

Avoid

  1. 1

    Slang, idioms, or in-jokes.

  2. 2

    Hedging language ('maybe', 'sort of', 'I think').

  3. 3

    Marketing superlatives ('world-class', 'best-in-class').

  4. 4

    Excessive emoji or exclamation points.

Sample Phrases

“Q4 revenue grew 18% year over year, led by enterprise expansion.”
“We recommend approving the Series B raise at $30M.”
“Net retention was 124%; gross retention was 96%.”

Recommended Narrative IDs

board-meetingqbrscqastrategic-narrative

Tags

businessexecutiveformal

OPF Config

tones:formal
Open Presentation Format
{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
  "version": "1.0",
  "meta": {
    "title": "PPTX.gallery — tones/formal"
  },
  "tone": "formal",
  "design": {},
  "slides": [
    {
      "id": "gallery-preview-1",
      "layout": "title-slide",
      "elements": []
    }
  ]
}
Open in OPF Playground

Preview this config live at pptx.dev/playground.