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From outline to slides in seconds

Write an outline or Markdown. Each heading becomes a slide with a clean theme, ready to present or save as PDF or PowerPoint.

Your deck

  • #Title of the deck, subtitle on the next line
  • ##Starts a new slide
  • -A bullet. Two spaces in front indent it
  • ---Splits a slide
  • >A speaker note, kept off the slide
    No slides yet Type a heading such as ## Goals in the outline to start your first slide.

    Write an outline or Markdown, and each heading becomes a slide with a clean theme, ready to present or save as PDF or PowerPoint. Your outline stays in this browser. Nothing is uploaded. It is free.

    How to make slides, step by step

    1. Press Start from the example to see the format, or clear it and write your own.
    2. Write the title with #, add slides with ##, and bullets with a dash.
    3. Choose a theme: Paper, Calm, Night or Bold. Pick an Accent colour or Use my brand colour.
    4. Turn Slide numbers on if you want them.
    5. Press Present to try it full screen, or save as PDF or PowerPoint.

    How to write the outline

    Start with one line beginning with # for the title slide, and put a subtitle on the line below it. Each line beginning with ## starts a new slide, and lines beginning with a dash become bullet points. Indent a bullet with two spaces to put it under the one above. Three dashes on a line split a slide, and a line beginning with > is a speaker note. You can also paste a plain outline, where every line that is not indented becomes a slide title.

    Themes and fitting text

    Pick a theme and an accent colour, or use your brand colour from Your Snowkit. Long titles wrap and slides with many bullets shrink their text to fit, but a good slide still has only a few short points. Speaker notes, lines starting with >, are kept in the outline and not shown on the slides.

    Presenting and saving

    Present opens the slides full screen in this tab: use the arrow keys, Space or a click to move on, and Escape to finish. PDF is best for sharing and printing. PowerPoint saves a .pptx file with the theme as each slide’s background and every line of text in its own editable text box, so you can open it in PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides and keep working.

    Tips for clear slides

    • Keep one idea on each slide.
    • Use three to five short bullets, not full sentences.
    • Put your detail in speaker notes, not on the slide.
    • Plan the flow in an outline first, using the outline maker.
    • Check contrast: Night suits dark rooms, Paper suits print.

    Who uses it

    Students preparing a class presentation, teachers building a lesson, small businesses pitching an idea, and anyone who wants a neat deck quickly without dragging boxes around. If the deck is already a PDF, use PDF to PowerPoint, and to share it as a PDF later use PowerPoint to PDF.

    Questions

    Can I edit the slides in PowerPoint?

    Yes. The .pptx file has every line of text in its own editable box.

    Can I add pictures?

    The slide maker is built for text outlines. Add pictures afterwards in PowerPoint or Google Slides.

    Where is my outline stored?

    In this browser, on this device only.

    Where to next

    Carry on with what you just made, still on your device.

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