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Creating slides

A deck always has at least one slide. You add more as you go.

Starting a new deck

When you open a brand-new agent's slides page, the editor shows the get-started cluster instead of an empty canvas — three buttons offering Import / Use a template / Migrate from Workflow.

Three paths to populate the deck:

  • Import PDF or PPTX — upload an existing presentation. Imports preserve text, images, and positions where possible. See Importing.
  • Use a template — browse the template library and clone one as your starting point.
  • Migrate from Workflow — only shows when the agent has legacy Workflow slides; promotes them to V2 SlideDoc.

If none apply, just dismiss the cluster and start with a blank slide.

Adding a slide

Two ways:

  • Scene strip → click the + at the bottom. The new slide is appended after the currently-active one.
  • Right-click any slide in the scene strip → "New slide above" / "New slide below."

New slides start blank with the deck-wide theme applied. Add elements via the top toolbar.

Duplicating

Two ways:

  • Keyboard — select a slide in the scene strip, press ⌘D (Mac) or Ctrl+D (Windows/Linux).
  • Right-click the slide → "Duplicate."

The duplicate inherits everything: elements, theme override, avatar config, script, AI instructions, speaker notes. It's inserted directly after the source.

Reordering

Drag slides in the scene strip. A blue insert line shows where the slide will land. Release to drop. The published view's order matches the scene-strip order.

The agent's transition script ("now let's look at slide 2") doesn't auto-update when you reorder. Double-check the agent script if you've moved slides into a different narrative position. See Script and instructions.

Deleting

Two ways:

  • Keyboard — select a slide, press Delete or Backspace. A confirm dialog appears the first time per session.
  • Right-click the slide → "Delete."

A deck with one remaining slide will refuse the delete — every deck needs at least one slide.

Reordering by section

For longer decks, sections aren't a built-in concept yet, but you can lean on naming and color to chunk them — set distinct theme overrides on section dividers (see Theming → Per-slide override).