Deckset BasicsEverything you need to know to start making presentations
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Built on Markdown
Deckset uses standard Markdown syntax to transform your thoughts into a beautiful presentation.
This slide is one of the simplest types of slides you can create, it contains two paragraphs of text and a header.
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Creating slides
A new slide is defined by three dashes ‘---’ typed on a single line, with an empty line above and below.
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Paragraphs
Creating paragraphs is simple, just type — no special syntax needed.
You can include a paragraph break by leaving an empty line between the paragraphs.Otherwise lines will follow on directly like this.
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Headers
Headers are created by including a # before the text:
# This is a header.
Deckset has four different heading sizes. You can change size by simply adding #, ##, ### or #### before your heading.
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Lists
1. Ordered lists
2. Type ‘1. ’ before your text
3. Your list items will begin with a number
— Unordered lists
— Type ‘-’ or ‘*’ or ‘+’ before your text
— Your list items will begin with a bullet
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Emphasis
Use strong, emphasis or a combination of both to make your point stand out.
strong text by wrapping words in double asterisks or underlines ‘**like this**’ or ‘__this__’. Emphasis is added by wrapping words in single asterisks or underlines ‘*like this*’ or ‘_this_’. Combine a single with a double for both effects at the same time.© Unsigned Integer UG, 2014 7
Links
Create links to any external resource—like a website—by wrapping link text in square brackets, followed immediately by a set of regular parentheses containing the URL where you want the link to point:
‘[a website](http://www.decksetapp.com)’
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Code samples
Wrap your code with three backticks and specify the language for automatic syntax highlighting.
UIView *someView = [[UIView alloc] init];NSString *string = @"some string that is fairly long, with many words";
We scale the text dynamically so it always looks great. You can also use a single indent to switch to a monospace font.
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Images
The simplest way to get images into your presentation is to drop a local or web image onto the Deckset window — the markdown is automatically created and copied to your clipboard.
You can also add images with the following syntax:
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If you use text and images together, the image is filtered so the text is
always readable.
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Take a look at the ‘Working with images’ example presentation for a complete overview of what you can do with images in Deckset.
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Videos can be included too, either as local files or
YouTube links.
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Quotes
All slides containing a single quote have special formatting for extra impact.
Add ‘>’ in front of every quote lineAnd add ‘--’ for the quote author reference
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The best way to predict the future is to invent it
— Alan Kay
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Footers and Slide Numbers
Include persistent custom footers and/or running slide numbers by using directives:
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Make sure the two directives start on the first line of your markdown file, and ensure there are no empty lines between the two.
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Speaker notes
Add speaker notes to any slide by adding ‘^’ before your notes. Write as much as you like, all notes will be scaled to fit in the display.
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Rehearsal mode
Choose Rehearsal Slideshow from the View menu to run through your presentation and see how it will work on the day.
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Aspect Ratios
Easily swap between 16:9 and 4:3 in the Presentation menu to suit whichever projector or screen you are using.
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More control with a little HTML
If you really must tweak line breaks, you can use the <br/> tag to split any line of text.
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