Make your next presentation.

Write your words, choose a look, and present. mdeck turns a simple text file into a set of slides you can open in a web browser.

You do not need to know how to program. If you have never heard of Markdown, start with the first guide. It explains the few marks you will use for titles, lists, and new slides.

Make your first presentation

A small file becomes a talk#

This is enough to make two slides:

# A small idea

Every good talk starts somewhere.

---

# What comes next?

- Explain the idea.
- Show an example.
- Invite questions.

The # makes a heading. The line with --- starts another slide. A dash before a sentence makes a list item. Everything else is your writing.

Find what you need#

• Starting from scratch? Follow Make your first presentation.
• Already have a slide file? Learn to add pictures or change the look.
• Getting ready to speak? Set up your notes and audience screen.
• Sending your talk to someone? Choose a sharing or printing option.
• Something looks wrong? Try the troubleshooting guide.

What mdeck does today#

mdeck gives you ready-made slide layouts, different visual themes, speaker notes, pictures, videos, a separate presenter view, and a reader view with a PDF for people you send the slides to. It can also use slide designs made by other people.

You write the presentation in a plain text file. Use any text editor, or the built-in browser editor (mdeck edit) with forms for each slide, colors and designs. Either way the file stays the single copy, and the preview updates as you go.

Keep this guide nearby#

Open these pages again with:

mdeck docs

The documentation runs on your own computer. No account or hosted service is needed.