Creating Presentations

Deckyard offers multiple ways to create new presentations, from starting fresh to importing existing content. They all start from the same New presentation dialog: click + New at the top of the sidebar and pick a method on the left.

The New presentation dialog on the Blank method: a name field, the NL/EN language toggle and the theme picker with the workspace default selected, next to the methods From the library, Generate from content and Import an existing deck

Methods

New Presentation - Start from scratch with a theme
From Text - Paste text and let AI generate slides
From Notion - Import a Notion page
From PowerPoint - Convert a PPTX file
From Markdown - Import a markdown slide deck (no AI)
From JSON - Import Deckyard’s portable format
Duplicating - Copy an existing presentation

Quick Comparison

Method	Best For
New Presentation	Starting fresh with full control
From Text	Quickly turning documents into slides
From Notion	Teams already using Notion for content
From PowerPoint	Migrating existing presentations
From Markdown	Developers and version-controlled decks
Duplicating	Creating variations or templates