Welcome to the slide decks

A short guide to driving a deck

Press → or Space to begin.

Moving around

Forward, back, and the bird’s-eye view.

Forward and back

Press Space to go through the whole deck in order. Or use → and ← to step forward and back.

The arrows all move one slide at a time, so → and ↓ do the same thing. The bar along the bottom shows how far through you are.

Sections

A deck is grouped into sections. This slide is in the “Moving around” section.

The faint label in the bottom-right names the section you are in, so you keep your place in a long deck.

To jump straight to another section, use the overview on the next slide.

See every slide at once

Press Esc or O for the overview grid. Every slide shrinks to a thumbnail, with each section in its own column: sections across, slides down.

Click any thumbnail to jump straight there. This is the quick way to move between sections.

The menu button in the bottom-left corner opens the same slides as a list.

Building slides

A couple of things slides can do.

Reveal one point at a time

Some slides build up step by step. Each press of → brings in the next piece rather than moving on.

First this point appears,

then this one,

then the last one, before the next slide.

Speaker notes

Press S to open the speaker view: the current slide, the next one, your notes, and a timer, in a separate window. The audience never sees it.

This slide has a note. Press S now to read it.

Presenting

For when you are in front of an audience.

Full screen, and a pause

Full screen

Press F to fill the screen, and Esc to leave it.

Blank the screen

Press B or . to black out the screen when you want all eyes on you, and again to bring it back.

Every shortcut

Press ? at any time for the full list of keyboard shortcuts.

The ones worth knowing: → ← ↓ ↑ move, Esc overview, S notes, F full screen, B blank, ? help.

Find your way home

On the public site at slides.causalmap.app, click Home in the top-right corner to return to the list of all decks.

That is everything. Pick a deck from the home page and press →.

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