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From JSON

Restore presentations from Deckyard’s portable JSON export format.

The Import an existing deck method of the new-presentation dialog, with Import .deck selected beside PowerPoint or PDF, Import JSON, Import Markdown and Paste Markdown; the .deck panel offers a file chooser and the option to install its theme and slide types

When to Use

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  • Restoring backups - Recover presentations from JSON exports
  • Migrating between instances - Move presentations between Deckyard installations
  • Version control - Restore from a JSON file stored in git

How to Import

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  1. From the presentation list, click New presentation and choose Import an existing deck
  2. The method opens on PowerPoint or PDF, which most existing decks are; switch to Import JSON
  3. Upload your .json file
  4. Click Import JSON

A new presentation is created with all content from the JSON file. A .deck package goes through the Import .deck tab instead, and can install the theme and slide types it carries; see deck package.

The format

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The file is a deck envelope: a title, a theme, the slide-type identity manifest and an ordered array of slides. It carries no server ids or timestamps, so it imports cleanly into any instance.

Field-by-field, that is the deck format reference. If your deck has images you want to travel with it, export a deck package instead - the JSON on its own still points at images on the instance it came from.

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