Frequently Asked Questions

Quite simply, it means that your presentation is no longer linear. You can move to the next slide, or you can navigate up and down through layers of related content.

This content can either be prelayered when you are editing your slides, or you can use our AI engine to create it in realtime during your presentation (all based on your content library to provide brand consistency and fully compliant messaging).

When you are editing slides, click on the "Design, Layers and AI" tab. The block of controls on the furthest right is "Slide Layers and AI". You will see options here to both layer slides and clear layers.

When you layer a slide, you will notice that it is indented under the slide in the preview pane on the left. It will now not be presented as a "next slide" when you progress through your deck, but will be displayed when you select the down cursor to drill into detail under your top level slide.

Absolutely. As long as the slide is contained somewhere within your presentation, you can choose to link to it as if it was a layered slide. This means you can include the slide once in your presentation, but have multiple points where it could be displayed depending on your audience's questions or preferences.

When you are editing slides, click on the "Design, Layers and AI" tab. The block of controls on the furthest right is "Slide Layers and AI". You will see an option here to link to your slides - click on the button and select the slide you wish to link to.

No, not at all. Of course, you may have questions that you are repeatedly asked - in which case you can prelayer your slides as described above. But the strength of slideAcross lies in its ability to create quality slide content in realtime.

You can upload content libraries (think bid documents, training materials, policies, biographies) which you can then use as the source material for our AI engine. slideAcross will then use this material to create a slide that matches the precise question you are being asked and ensure you never leave the room with an objection unanswered.

We recommend that content libraries are uploaded against your entire organisation, so that they can be used by any editor within any presentation. Only organisation owners and administrators have permission to upload and edit organisation-wide content libraries. Click on the profile icon in the top right of your page and then follow the link to "My Organisation". On this page you will find a section dedicated to content libraries.

You can upload multiple libraries (perhaps one for bid material, one for policies and one for training manuals). Documents need to be in Microsoft Word format to be processed by our parsing engine. We recommend that you use Microsoft's inbuilt Heading options (Heading 1, Heading 2 etc.) so that slideAcross can easily determine headings, subheadings and text. The platform will also use differentiated font sizes to try and determine different headings.

Yes, absolutely. slideAcross will capture one picture for each subheading (or heading if your layout doesn't have subheadings) within your content library.

Pictures and images will be displayed alongside text bullets for layer 1 content when a slide is created. If your subheading only has an image and no text then a full page image will be displayed.

This is certainly an option. Click on the "Design, Layers and AI" tab. The block of controls on the furthest right is "Slide Layers and AI". You will see an option here to assign content library against a slide. This content library then acts as a layered slide. When you click the down cursor within your presentation, slideAcross will generate a slide in realtime from this content.

However, it's not your only option. You can leave a slide without preassigned content and use the in-presentation AI options described below.

When you click the down cursor, slideAcross will:

• Firstly show any slides that have been prelayered under your slide
• Secondly generate slides based on a content library section that has been preassigned to your slide (creating multiple layers of content and gradually going into more detail as you keep drilling down).

When there are no further preassigned slides to show, slideAcross will then display a discreet popup menu in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. This will enable you to:

• Generate a slide based on a combination of content library, heading and subheading
• Generate a slide using the current content of the page
• Layer a slide that exists elsewhere in the presentation

If you are choosing to generate a new slide (either from your content library, existing slide content or a text prompt) then you can also select the layer at which the content will be created.

If you keep drilling down (i.e. keep pressing the down cursor) then further layers of detail can be created. Assuming your content library or current slide has a rich amount of content, this enables slideAcross to go into more detail as you drill down into deeper layers.

If you have a picture in your content library, this will only be displayed alongside Layer 1 content.

Quite simply, slideAcross scans existing text within the current slide and uses this as a prompt to create a new slide.

This is particularly helpful if you need to summarise a slide that has too much content within it, or is hard to understand. slideAcross will create the right level of detail (based on the layer you have selected) to enable your audience to process the content.

Yes you can. If your slide contains a picture and fewer than 50 characters of text, slideAcross will use the picture as your source material and describe the image in bullet points (with detail based on the layer you have chosen).

Yes you can, absolutely. However, just be mindful that this will not harness your content library or existing material at all.

slideAcross will simply use its AI engine to create a professional and strong slide that addresses the prompt.

Try and use a couple of sentences to describe what you are looking for in sufficient detail.

Yes, slideAcross includes a feature to tell the AI engine which organisation you are presenting to (either internal or external). Whilst this doesn't significantly affect the content of the slides, the platform does find opportunities to personalise the bullets with the organisation name where appropriate.

Click on the "Design, Layers and AI" tab. The block of controls on the furthest right is "Slide Layers and AI". You will see an option here to edit your AI and Persona Settings. The option to edit the organisation is contained here. This is always blanked out by default.

Absolutely. slideAcross includes a feature to set the personal of your slide designer. This can be:

• A Sales Professional
• An Educator / Teacher
• A Business Leader
• A Marketing Professional
• A Coach / Mentor
• A Charity Worker

Whilst it doesn't materially affect the content of your slides, the style and tone will be adjusted accordingly.

Click on the "Design, Layers and AI" tab. The block of controls on the furthest right is "Slide Layers and AI". You will see an option here to edit your AI and Persona Settings. The option to edit your AI persona is contained here. This is always unspecified by default.

By default, we use OpenAI for Text Content and Gemini (by Google) for Image generation.

These options are editable. Your administrators can choose to change the defaults at an organisation level from the "My Organisation" page. Administrators can also switch off the ability for users to change the AI settings at a presentation level if desired.

If the option to edit AI settings at a presentation level is enabled, users can do this by clicking on the "Design, Layers and AI" tab. The block of controls on the furthest right is "Slide Layers and AI". You will see an option here to edit your AI settings for both text generation and image generation.

Potentially. It depends on their API and integration options.

Reach out to your Customer Success contact and we can discuss the options. Note that an additional cost will apply for bespoke integrations.

No. SlideAcross uses standard APIs from OpenAI and Google Gemini to generate slides. These APIs are designed for secure, on-demand processing; your data is not used to train or improve the underlying AI models.

We do not share your content with AI providers for model development. All inputs and outputs are handled securely and exclusively for the purpose of generating your slides.

Once you are logged in, you will see your personal homepage. This contains a selection of recommended slideAcross templates and your own presentations, most recent first.

In the bottom right is a circular plus button. Clicking this will create a new blank presentation. Alternatively, you can select any of the existing templates to create a new presentation with the applicable formatting.

If you have been given access to a presentation, they will be displayed (most recent first) on your homepage.

There is additionally a search option for you to filter the visible presentations based on the presentation title.

Yes. In addition to the ability to create slides during your presentation (described above), you can also use AI to create slides for you during the editing stage.

Click on the "Design, Layers and AI" tab. The block of controls on the furthest right is "Slide Layers and AI". You will see an option here to Generate Content. You can either use a content library that your administrator has uploaded (a bid library, training guide, biographies, case studies, policies etc.) or use a text prompt to generate content.

If you choose a text prompt, please provide a couple of sentences with sufficient detail to make sure your content is suitably aligned with your objectives. You can also choose the level at which the content is generated. Level 1 is 5 or 6 high level, short bullet points. Level 5 is much more detailed with more bullet points and longer sentences. Choose any level that is appropriate for your slide - or create multiple layers and drill down to the detail that is appropriate for your audience.

There are four main components to the editing window:

1. The preview panel. This is on the left hand slide of the screen and shows each of the slides in your presentation. You can click on any slide to view and edit. Note that layered slides will be indented slightly.
2. The menu tabs. There are four tabs here, with controls grouped in logical families. Further details are provided below.
3. The slide canvas. This shows the slide that is being edited and can be directly edited using the various options.
4. The slide notes. This is at the bottom of the page and can be expanded or shrunk by dragging. The notes are not shown during a presentation but can be printed for the speaker to reference.

In common with most presentation software, this contains a variety of controls to insert and edit objects on your slide.

The formatting controls will be disabled until you click on the appropriate object, at which point they become active.

You can insert and edit:

1. New slides
2. Shapes
3. Lines and arrows
4. Text Boxes
5. Images
6. Videos

Absolutely. You can either upload images from your device, copy images from another place or create images using AI.

If you create images using AI, we recommend that you use sufficient detail and think in terms of:

• Subject (what you want to see)
• Context (setting, mood, and atmosphere)
• Details (lighting, colour, style etc)

Yes you can. You can either upload videos from your device, or embed a YouTube video.

Once you have inserted your videos you can control options such as autostart, looping, muting and whether video controls are visible when presenting.

The background of your presentation is edited from the "Design, Layers & AI" tab. The first button has a drop-down selection where you can either:

• Select a background colour
• Upload an image from your device
• Create a background image using AI

There is additionally an option to "Apply to All". Simply select the slide that has the correct background and click this button - the background will be applied to all slides in the deck.

Yes you can. On the "Design, Layers & AI" tab (in teh first block) you will see an option to edit the Slide Layout. Choose the closest option to apply this layout to your slide.

This will move titles and text areas where they have already been created. It will also create additional elements if any are missing from your slide.

If you need to customise your layouts you should use Slide Masters (described below) instead.

Slide Masters enable you create custom designs (layouts, colours, fonts, images, text elements etc) that are used as a standard template throughout your presentation. Any slide can be converted into a Slide Master with a single click on appropriate selection in the dropdown under the "Design, Layers & AI" tab.

You can create multiple slide masters and these can all be viewed from the same dropdown menu. Any slide can be updated to apply that style with a single click.

Slide Masters are also used as the basis for Design Collections. These are essentially a collection of Slide Masters that collectively offer a template for presentations to ensure consistent branding at the click of a button. Once a design has been introduced, the slide masters are updated to reflect the new options available.

Absolutely. The second block of controls under the "Design, Layers & AI" tab is dedicated to presentation-wide formatting. This includes a button that controls your Presentation Colours and Font.

You can select up to six colours, as well as your default font. Once you have selected your colours, you can choose defaults for each of:

• Titles
• Text
• Fill
• Background

This will control the defaults applied to new objects and slides - both manually created and generated by AI.

Design Collections are essentially a collection of Slide Masters that collectively act as a template for colours, fonts, images and standard shapes/elements throughout your presentation. They offer a quick and easy way to appy consistent branding and themes to achieve consistency across your slides.

Design Collections are grouped under slideAcross collections (i.e. default designs that are offered to get you started), your organisation collections (if your administrator has set these up) and your personal collections.

Each of these are accessed from the the second block of controls under the "Design, Layers & AI" tab - this includes a button that brings up the Presentation Theme and Design selector.

When you select a theme, slideAcross will apply this across all of your slides. Colours, fonts and layouts will all be affected as slideAcross seeks to apply the theme in the most accurate way across each slide in your presentation.

Snap-to-Grid is a design feature that enables you to line up your content with other elements on the page. It therefore allows you to create presentations where all of your shapes and content are beautifully aligned - vertically and horizontally.

By default, slideAcross snaps to other shapes. On this setting, you will see a dotted red line when your shape or element is close to being aligned with another shape or element. When you let go, slideAcross will automatically line it up perfectly.

You can also choose to have slideAcross line your content based on distance units (10, 25 or 50) so that all content is spaced effectively. Alternatively, you can choose to turn Snap-to-Grid off completely.

The third tab within the editing window is titled "Animations and Transitions". The controls are grouped under Animation Entrance, Animation Emphasis and Animation Exit.

Any object can be animated using each of these options (i.e. three animations per object per slide) and you are able to control:

• Entry, Emphasis and Exit animation types (slide, zoom, fade etc)
• The trigger for each animation option (slide load or a click)
• The delay after the trigger before the animation is fired
• The duration the animation will last for

You can apply the same animation to multiple objects by selecting them all and then applying the animation. You can also fire them all at the same time by applying them against the same trigger event.

You can reorder slides by dragging and dropping content within the preview pane. When you start dragging you will see dropzones created between slides. Simply drop your slide (or slides) in the position you wish it to adopt.

Note that slides retain their layered status when dragging and dropping.

You can delete a slide from the first block of controls within the "Design, Layers & AI" tab - look for the trash icon.

You can alternatively click on the slide on the preview pane and either press Delete or Right Click and select Delete.

If you are certain that you wish to delete your entire presentation, this can be done from the "Review and Share" tab - the furthest right icon.

Note that there is currently no option to restore a deleted presentation so please make sure you wish to go ahead before confirming.

You can add and remove editors from your presentation by clicking on the "Review and Share" tab and then selecting either the "Quick Add User" option (add only) or the "Manage Users" option (you can add or remove editors from this screen).

Note that editors can only be added to your presentation if they have first been added to your organisation. An administrator needs to carry out this task - more details are in the admin FAQs below.

View and Comment (VC) users are able to view (and display) your presentation - but they are unable to make any changes. They are, however, able to add and edit comments. The role is designed for senior leaders and subject matter experts within your organisation to review the content you have created.

You can add and remove VC users from your presentation by clicking on the "Review and Share" tab and then selecting either the "Quick Add User" option (add only) or the "Manage Users" option (you can add or remove editors from this screen).

Note that VC users can only be added to your presentation if they have first been added to your organisation. An administrator needs to carry out this task - more details are in the admin FAQs below.

You can add comments against a presentation in two ways:

1. By right clicking on any shape or object (or against white space to comment against the whole slide)
2. By clicking on the "Add Comment" button within the "Review and Share" tab.

Comments will be added against the shape or object that is selected at the time. If no shape or object is selected, the comment will be added against the slide as a whole.

Comments will become visible when you hover over any items on your slide. Depending on your access permissions you will see up to three options:

• If you created the comment, you will see an option to Edit
• If you have editing access, you will see an option to Resolve (i.e. you have completed the task)
• If you created the comment, you will see an option to Delete

You can also see all comments by clicking on the "View all Comments" button within the "Review and Share" tab. This pops up a window where you can choose to see all comments, either on the current slide or across the entire presentation. You can also choose to see previously resolved comments on this view by clicking on the "Toggle Resolved Comments" button.

Absolutely. There is an option to "Toggle Comments" within the "Review and Share" tab. This stops comments from being visible when you hover over a shape or object. Simply toggle back on again to see the comments again.

Slide notes are designed to be used as speaker notes - i.e. used by presenters when they are presenting against a slide. They could be a script, a series of prompts or some other instruction (who they are handing over to perhaps).

They are not visible when you present, but you can choose to print them. You can drag the slide notes area to make it larger. You can also toggle the view completely if you don't wish for it to be visible (click on the "Toggle Notes " button within the "Review and Share" tab.)

You certainly can. Both options are available within the second block of controls (Print and Export) within the "Review and Share" tab.

There are 6 different formats available to you, depending on how many slides you wish to print per page and whether you want to include slide notes (or space for the audience to write notes) etc. You can also add headers and footers (see below).

There are six positions where standard content can be included on a print out or PDF export of your presentation:

• Top Left
• Top Centre
• Top Right
• Bottom Left
• Bottom Centre
• Bottom Right

In each location you can choose to print any of:

• Date
• Page Number
• Your Organisation Name
• Your Full Name

Yes you can. slideAcross backs up changes every five minutes so a recent version is always available.

You can access your version history from the "Review and Share" tab. When you restore from your history, the latest version is backed up again so you can always return to your current presentation if needed - just follow the same process.

If something isn't working quite as it should be, you may be able to restore normal functionality by clicking this button. slideAcross refreshes the order and layout of slides, connecting layered slides correctly and attempting to resolve any errors it encounters.

There are a variety of packages available, depending on the number of users within your organisation.

The Features and Pricing page has the latest pricing across all packages.

Yes there is. You can use slideAcross completely free of charge, but there are some restrictions placed on your account. Specifically:

• You cannot share your presentation with anybody
• You cannot create images using AI
• You cannot upload videos
• You cannot generate any content using AI (either during the presentation or in edit mode)
• You cannot export your presentations to Powerpoint

This depends if you are an individual looking to purchase an individual plan, or an organisation looking to purchase an organisation-wide plan:

For individuals, click on the profile icon in the top right corner and then select "My Account". From here, you will be able to select the option to "Upgrade to our Individual Plan" on either a monthly or annual payment basis. If you select the monthly option you will also be able to take advantage of a one month free trial. You will be transferred to Stripe (our secure payments partner) to set up your subscription.

For organisations, click on the profile icon in the top right corner and then select "My Organisation". From here, you will be able to select "Add Subscription" and then select the size of plan that is most suitable for your circumstances. All plans are available on either a monthly or annual payment basis. If you select the monthly option you will also be able to take advantage of a one month free trial. You will be transferred to Stripe (our secure payments partner) to set up your subscription.

Versions can be downgraded at any time, but the changes will not come into effect until your subscription renewal date - either monthly or annually depending on your chosen plan. You will continue to have full access to slideAcross until your renewal date, even if you choose to downgrade. The process to downgrade depends on whether you are an individual user or downgrading on behalf of an organisation.

For individuals, click on the profile icon in the top right corner and then select "My Account". From here, you will be able to select the option to "Manage your plan". You will be transferred to Stripe (our secure payments partner) to make changes to your subscription.

For organisations, click on the profile icon in the top right corner and then select "My Organisation". From here, you will be able to select "Edit Subscription" and then either remove your plan, or select the size of plan that is most suitable for your new circumstances. You will be transferred to Stripe (our secure payments partner) to edit your subscription.

Yes you can and the Features and Pricing page has more details of the cost of this. Make sure you check whether an upgraded plan would actually offer you better value.

Please contact your Customer Success contact for details of how to do this, as there is currently no option to do this on a self-service basis through your account page at the moment.

This is done from your "My Organisation" page (click on the profile icon in the top right corner). Note that only administrators and owners for an organisation have permission to assign users.

The page will clearly show you how many licences you have remaining on your plan. If you have sufficient licences then you will also be offered an option to add a new user (either an editor or a Viewer/Commenter). You simply need a First Name, Last Name and Email Address to do this.

Users can be one of four different role types (depending on the licences available to you based on your plan):

• Viewer/Commenter. These users can view presentations (if they have been added by the presentation owner) and can also add comments. They have no editing access.
• Editor. These users can create and edit presentations (if they have been added by the presentation owner).
• Administrator. These users have permission to add and remove other users from the organisation and manage organisation-wide settings and content (content libraries, design themes etc.)
• Owner. Only one per organisation, this is our contact for billing and account queries. Every organisation must have an owner. Owners also have full admin and editing access.