Formal

{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
  "name": "PPTX.gallery — tones/formal",
  "tone": "formal",
  "tags": [
    "gallery:tones/formal"
  ],
  "slides": [
    {
      "id": "gallery-preview-1",
      "layout": "text",
      "title": "Tone preview",
      "subtitle": "Voice tuned to the \"formal\" tone."
    }
  ],
  "catalogs": {
    "default": {
      "source": "https://www.pptx.gallery",
      "tones": {
        "formal": {
          "name": "Formal",
          "summary": "Polished, restrained voice for board, investor, and regulator audiences.",
          "description": "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.",
          "voiceCues": [
            "Use third person and the corporate 'we' sparingly.",
            "Lead with the recommendation, then evidence.",
            "Quote concrete numbers; avoid round-tripping ranges.",
            "Prefer full sentences to bullet fragments on key claims."
          ],
          "avoid": [
            "Slang, idioms, or in-jokes.",
            "Hedging language ('maybe', 'sort of', 'I think').",
            "Marketing superlatives ('world-class', 'best-in-class').",
            "Excessive emoji or exclamation points."
          ],
          "samplePhrases": [
            "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%."
          ],
          "recommendedNarratives": [
            "board-meeting",
            "qbr",
            "scqa",
            "strategic-narrative"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "business",
            "executive",
            "formal"
          ]
        }
      },
      "layouts": {
        "text": {
          "name": "Text",
          "summary": "Prose. Several blocks sit side by side when short and stack when long.",
          "tags": [
            "Text"
          ],
          "direction": "column",
          "regions": [
            {
              "name": "title"
            },
            {
              "name": "body",
              "accepts": [
                "text",
                "list",
                "quote",
                "code",
                "group"
              ],
              "role": "primary",
              "flow": "auto"
            }
          ],
          "description": "Explain one idea in continuous prose. Use paragraphs or flowing blocks for detail that needs to be read in sequence.",
          "preview": {
            "vectorSrc": "https://www.pptx.gallery/layout-previews/text.svg"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}