Creating Slides

Every slide—except for the first title slide—displays both an editor and a preview. The editor consists of a toolbar of editing buttons positioned above a text area, where you can write and edit the slide’s markdown. The preview appears to the right of the editor.

Below is a description of the editing buttons used to create, edit, and delete slides.

Adding Slides

To add a slide, click the button. A dialog will appear, allowing you to choose the type of slide to add and whether to insert it before or after (default) the current slide.

To delete a slide, click the button. You will be asked to confirm before deletion.

Clicking the button allows you to change the current slide type to one of the following:

• Divider Slide
• Content Slide
• Centered Content Slide
• Content Slide with a Left Aside
• Content Slide with a Right Aside

Click the button to add or edit slide notes. If a slide already has notes, this button changes to .

To hide a slide, click the button. To unhide a hidden slide, click the button. Hidden slides can still be edited but are excluded from slideshows and printing.

Managing Slide Layout

By default, slide content elements are stacked vertically from top to bottom. This can be changed by using a layout grid. You can add or edit the grid configuration using the button.

In the grid configuration, you can specify:

• The number of columns in each row.
• How many columns each element should span.

To achieve certain layouts, you may need to group multiple elements into one container. This can be done by surrounding the elements with ::: and ::: markers, or by using the button.

For more details, see Working with Grid Layout.

Formatting with Markdown

This group of buttons provides quick access to common Markdown formatting options.

The first four buttons are:

• — toggle heading levels (H1, H2, H3).
• — toggle bold formatting.
• — toggle italic formatting.
• — toggle ~~strikethrough~~ formatting.

The button inserts a blockquote.

Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Slides

To speed up your workflow, you can copy or cut a slide and then paste it after another slide.

• — copy the current slide.
• — cut the current slide.
• — paste the copied or cut slide after the current one.

Inserting Objects

This group of buttons lets you add Markdown objects and more complex elements to slides.

You can insert:

• A bulleted list —
• A numbered list —
• A link —
• A table —
• A code block —
• An image (from uploaded images) —
• A Mermaid chart —