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Script with slide cues

Know what to say, and when to click.

Every slide gets a spoken script written for saying out loud, with pause, click and reveal cues tied to the slide itself, a cue-card version for the day, and timing that fits your slot.

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Illustrative script with invented data for slide 3: timed spoken lines with pause and click cues tied to the slide, each figure linked to its source.

Cues

Stage directions that know where they are.

Cues are structured, not stray words in your notes: they point at a specific slide or element, survive reordering, and are never read aloud by narration.

  • PAUSE

    Pause

    A beat to let a number land. Timed, so it counts toward your slot.

  • CLICK_NEXT

    Next slide

    Exactly where to advance, tied to the slide, not a page number.

  • REVEAL

    Reveal

    Bring in one element (a caption, a bar) at the moment you mention it.

  • ASK_AUDIENCE

    Ask the room

    A question to the audience, with a suggested wording.

  • WAIT_FOR_RESPONSE

    Wait

    Hold for answers before moving on.

  • OPTIONAL_SKIP

    Optional

    A passage you can drop if you’re running long.

Timing

An honest range, not fake precision.

Your slot is split into presentation, interaction and Q&A, and each section gets a budget. Estimates are shown as a range until you rehearse; then your real pace takes over. Too long? SlideDeck proposes what to cut or move to an appendix.
  • Budgets per section and per slide
  • Must-include points never silently dropped
  • Recalculated after every run-through
Illustrative timing plan with invented numbers for a seven-minute slot: five minutes of presentation and two of Q&A, with the presentation estimate shown as a range of 4:40 to 5:20 before rehearsal.

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Take it with you

A script document, or notes in PowerPoint.

Export a DOCX script with per-slide speech, cue cards, timing, stage directions, Q&A and references, or put the script or cue cards straight into your PowerPoint speaker notes.
  • Readable stage directions in exports
  • References kept with the lines that use them
  • Version-stamped with the date sources were checked
Illustrative export centre with invented data: PowerPoint, PDF, DOCX script and Markdown files for version 3, and the PowerPoint compatibility report listing what carries over natively, what changes, and what does not carry over.

FAQ

Questions, answered plainly

Something else? Write to support. A person answers.

Will the cues break if I reorder slides?
No. Every cue references a stable slide or element, not a page number, so it stays valid when you move, add or delete slides. If a cue can’t be kept, it’s flagged instead of silently pointing at the wrong slide.
Is the script just my slides read aloud?
No. The script is what you say; the slides are what the audience sees. Each slide gets a purpose, the full spoken version, a short cue-card version and transitions, written for speaking: short sentences, your terminology, no padded openings.
How accurate is the timing?
Before you rehearse, it’s an estimate shown as a range. After a run-through, SlideDeck uses your actual pace and slide timings. If you’re over, it proposes what to shorten or move to an appendix; it never asks you to simply talk faster.
Can I get the script as a document?
Yes. Export a DOCX script with per-slide speech, cue cards, timing, stage directions, Q&A and references, or put the script or cue cards straight into the PowerPoint speaker notes.

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