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Creating Slides

Opus presentations let you create beautiful slides using Markdown.

Getting Started

  1. From your dashboard, click New Presentation
  2. Give it a title
  3. Start writing slides

Slide Basics

Separating Slides

Use --- to separate slides:

# First Slide

Content for the first slide.

---

# Second Slide

Content for the second slide.

---

# Third Slide

And so on...

Slide Titles

Use headings for slide titles:

# Main Title Slide

## Regular Slide Title

### Smaller Title

Slide Content

Text

Write text as normal Markdown:

# Key Findings

Our research revealed three main insights:

- Finding one with supporting evidence
- Finding two demonstrates the pattern
- Finding three suggests future directions

Lists

# Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Questions

Images

# Results

![Experimental results](results.png)

Images are automatically centered and scaled to fit.

Equations

# The Model

Our model uses the following equation:

$$
y = \beta_0 + \beta_1 x_1 + \beta_2 x_2 + \epsilon
$$

Code

# Implementation

```python
def analyze(data):
    results = model.fit(data)
    return results.summary()
```

Tables

# Comparison

| Method | Accuracy | Speed |
|--------|----------|-------|
| Ours   | 94.2%    | Fast  |
| Baseline | 87.1%  | Slow  |

Slide Classes

Add classes to customize slides:

Title Slides

---
class: title
---

# My Presentation

### Author Name

University of Example

April 2024

Centered Content

---
class: center
---

# Centered Slide

This content is vertically and horizontally centered.

Two Columns

---
class: two-column
---

# Comparison

.left[
## Method A

- Advantage 1
- Advantage 2
]

.right[
## Method B

- Advantage 1
- Advantage 2
]

Incremental Reveals

Show content step by step:

# Process

--

First, we collect data.

--

Then, we analyze it.

--

Finally, we draw conclusions.

Each -- creates a new step. Press arrow keys to reveal.

Speaker Notes

Add notes that only you can see:

# Slide Title

Content the audience sees.

???

These are speaker notes.
- Remember to mention X
- Show demo if time permits
- Transition to next section

Everything after ??? is hidden from the audience.

Presenter View

When presenting:

  1. Click Present to start
  2. Press P to open presenter view
  3. See: current slide, next slide, notes, timer

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key Action
→ or Space Next slide
← Previous slide
F Fullscreen
P Presenter view
C Clone to audience window
Esc Exit fullscreen
? Show help

Live Sync

Share your presentation with a live audience:

  1. Click Share > Get Live Link
  2. Send the link to your audience
  3. When you advance slides, everyone sees it

See Presenting for details.

Exporting

Export presentations to:

  • PDF - Standard slides, one per page
  • PPTX - Editable PowerPoint
  • HTML - Standalone web presentation

See Export Formats for options.

Next Steps