How to use getdeck.

01Browse layouts and themes

Open layouts by category and switch themes to see how the same slide changes. Browsing needs no payment.

1. 1Pick a category in the sidebar to gather its layouts. On mobile, open the sidebar with the menu button at the top left.
2. 2Pick a theme from the theme list and every layout shows in that theme. On mobile, tap the theme name in the top bar to open the theme sheet.
3. 3Open a layout to see its text fields, what it is best for and its text budget. You can download or copy that spec as .md, with the theme you picked applied.
4. 4You can also try your own theme colors. The colors you pick show on every layout right away; saving them as a theme needs a login and Pro.

02Start from a deck template

Deck templates are layouts already put in order. Instead of working out the sequence from scratch, start from one whose flow you like.

1. 1Pick one from the deck template list. The search box finds them by name.
2. 2"Scroll" shows every slide in one run; "One at a time" steps through them.
3. 3Switch the theme in the sidebar and the whole deck shows in it.
4. 4Press "Add" at the top right of a slide you like, or "Add whole deck" at the top, to drop it into the tray at the bottom. What you collect stays while you move between pages.

03Collect layouts into a deck

Collect the slides you like from layouts or deck templates into one deck. Collecting and previewing are free; saving it as a template is where Pro starts.

1. 1Press "Add" on any slide in a layout or deck template and it lands in the tray at the bottom.
2. 2Check the count in the tray, remove slides you do not want, or empty it with "Clear".
3. 3Press "Save as template" to make a new template, or append to one you already have.
4. 4Until you save, what you collected lives only in this browser. It is still there after you log in and come back.

Saving a template is a Pro feature. How many slides one template holds depends on your plan; see the pricing page.

04Edit the text in My Templates

Saved decks collect in My Templates. Open one to edit its text, reorder slides and add or remove slides.

1. 1In the My Templates list, filter by "All", "From the web" or "From MCP" and search by name. Rename, duplicate and delete are in each card's more-actions menu.
2. 2Open a template and pick a slide to see its text fields. Picking a field shows where it sits on the slide. Only the text changes; placement and colors follow the layout and theme.
3. 3Drag slides in the slide list to reorder them; duplicate a slide or use "Remove slide". Add a new one with "Add slide" and pick a layout.
4. 4Use "Change theme" to change the theme of the whole deck. Your edits save automatically.
5. 5Press "Present" to present full screen. Arrow keys move, Esc exits.

On the free plan you can view a saved template; editing its text and order, and presenting, are on Pro.

05Export to PPTX

Download what you see, in the theme you picked, as a .pptx file. It opens in PowerPoint with editable text.

1. 1On a layout page, press "Export .pptx" to get that one layout as a file.
2. 2On a deck template page, "Export deck as .pptx" saves the whole deck as one file.
3. 3In My Templates, press "Export to PPTX" in the template card menu or on the detail page. The text you edited goes into the file.
4. 4If you edited a PPTX exported from getdeck in PowerPoint, bring it back with "Import PPTX" in the My Templates list to update the template.

Exporting needs a login, and both PPTX export and PPTX import are Pro features.

06Share with a view-only link

Show a template to someone with a single link. The person you send it to can only view it.

1. 1Open a template in My Templates and press "Share".
2. 2Press "Create link" to make the link, then "Copy" and send it.
3. 3The person who gets it has to be logged in to getdeck to open it, and cannot edit, export or present.
4. 4To stop a link going further, make a new one with "Make a new link" or turn sharing off with "Stop sharing". The old link stops working right away.

Creating a share link is a Pro feature.

07Connect your AI over MCP

Connect getdeck to an AI tool such as Claude Code and it can fetch layouts and themes itself.

1. 1On the MCP page, pick the install method for the tool you use.
2. 2Log in and the install command comes with your key in it. Paste it where the page tells you to (a terminal command, or the connector settings in a desktop app). Keep the key private.
3. 3Once connected, a loose request is fine. For example: "what chart slides do you have?", "give me chart-bar in violet-pro", "something dark and bold".
4. 4Handing over just a topic to compose a deck, or merging slides into one file, is on Pro. At the end of a chat you can ask it to save the deck as a template, and it lands in My Templates (Pro).

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