Creating a deck

Decks, slides, and blocks

A deck is a collection of slides. Each slide has a title and a list of blocks — its actual content. The deck's own name is just the title of its first slide, so renaming that slide renames the deck everywhere it's listed.

Starting a new deck

From the dashboard, click New deck:

• Blank deck — one slide, one section, nothing else. Best if you want full control from the first bullet.
• Consultant deck — an 11-slide skeleton organized into four sections (Context, Recommendation, Execution, Appendix), each slide pre-labeled with its purpose (e.g. "Situation," "Argument 1"). Replace the placeholder text as you go.

Adding slides

Inside the editor, hover the + Add slide bar at the bottom of the content panel. It expands to reveal four templates:

• Blank — a single bullet.
• Two columns — two top-level bullets, laid out side by side.
• Three columns — three top-level bullets, side by side.
• Text and image — an image bullet paired with a text bullet.

Click a template to insert it after the currently active slide. You can also click the + icon in any slide's header to insert a blank slide directly after it, or press Ctrl+Enter from inside a slide.

A deck always needs at least one slide — the last remaining slide can't be deleted.

Saving

turtledeck autosaves. Changes are saved automatically about 10 seconds after you stop editing, and again when you leave the page. A small turtle icon in the header shows save status — a green check when saved, a spinner while saving, or a red dot if a save fails (usually a connectivity issue; turtledeck retries once automatically).