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MAKE THINGS

Slides

Decks from a description or from scratch, the canvas, presenting and handouts.

Starting a deck

  • Blank deck, or Describe it to the AI.
  • Describing one runs plan mode: Describe, Questions, Plan, then Build. Nothing is made until you choose Build this deck.
  • Import PowerPoint brings in a .pptx and names anything it could not read.

The canvas

  • Add slide offers points, section divider, two columns, comparison, quote, key figure and agenda; Layout changes the slide's layout and keeps text that does not fit as a text box.
  • Add element: text box, shapes, line, table, chart, and a searchable set of icons.
  • Drag, resize and rotate, with snapping guides and Rulers. With several selected: align, space evenly, connect two, group, lock, and order.
  • Add image uploads a picture, or describes one to draw where the workspace can draw pictures.
  • Theme sets the deck's colours and type; Theme… makes your own from a built-in one.
  • Arrives sets a slide's transition: Instantly, Fade, Dissolve, Push or Wipe.
  • Speaker notes sit under each slide and are never in a shared link.

Presenting and sharing

  • Present plays the deck full screen; Presenter view opens a second window with your notes, the next slide and a timer.
  • Review lists what will look wrong before you present, and Fix this hands it to the composer.
  • Share makes a link anyone with it can view; Stop sharing ends it.
  • History goes back to an earlier version of the deck.

Export

PowerPoint, PDF, Handout and Markdown. Choose one, two, three or six slides per page beside Handout; three puts your speaker notes beside each slide.