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Gamma Tips & Tricks

Learn how Gamma differs from traditional slide decks, and check out
everything it can do

TLDR Contents
Gamma uses flexible cards instead of fixed slides and a realtime, ~ Flexible Cards
collaborative and writing-based editor that saves you time by
letting you focus on content 1.
š Nested cards, Toggles & Footnotes
Nested cards, toggles and footnotes help you break complex
⚡ Editing & Adding Content
ideas and walls of text into bite-sized pieces, without losing detail & ☑ Content Blocks
context 2.
a Interactive Embeds
Include gifs, videos, charts and even websites—with interactive
embeds. Make your deck polished and presentable ready in one ˜ Themes and Styling
click, with no-fuss themes. ] Presenting, Sharing & Exporting
Present your Gamma deck, share it like a doc, export it to PDF or
embed it in your website. Track engagement with built-in analytics.
š Realtime Collaboration
¶ Deck Analytics
~ Flexible Cards
They're faster and more fluid than slides

šcardsBreak down ideas into bite-size

Cards are similar to the traditional slide and they can be
presented one at a time.

↕yourUnlike
ideas
slides, cards expand to fit

Cards automatically get taller as you type, so you don't

have to worry about squeezing your ideas to fit 1, or filling
up space on an empty slide.

✂ Unlike slides, you can split and merge

cards

To split cards
Type *** or --- while editing a card, or type /split and hit
enter.

To merge cards
Use the … overflow menu in the corner of any card to
merge it into the card above.
š Nested cards, Toggles & Footnotes
Interactivity and progressive disclosure > walls of text

Nested cards
When you want to group related ideas, or hide supporting detail, you can put fully featured cards inside of other cards.

Ô Cards can live inside other cards

For example, you might put the what at the They're also great for listing out multiple
top level of a card, but then share all the ideas, and letting your audience "choose
background on the why inside these nested their own adventure."
cards.

Collapsible toggles
Use toggles to walk through key points

Traditional slides often use bullets to make key points. Bullets are succinct, but don't allow you to add much detail.

With toggles you progressively expand on ideas and key points inline as you walk through your presentation.

Toggles are also good for questions and FAQ's

Add some interactivity to in-person presentations, or quickly address common questions for decks that you share.

How many teams are competing in the 2022 FIFA world cup?

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How can I add a toggle to my deck?

Type /toggle while in edit mode to insert a toggle block

Footnotes
When you want a lightweight, inline way to add context, try a footnote 1 ;
⚡Editing & Adding Content
If you've used Notion, you'll pick up Gamma in no time

⌨ Slash Menu
Like Notion, Gamma uses a block-based editor and a
slash menu.

Type / while editing in a card to pull up the slash menu to

browse all of the different content options.

➕ Insert Menu
You can also drag things directly into your deck while in
edit mode, using the insert menu 1 on the right.
☑ Content Blocks
Here's an overview of some of the content blocks you can add in Gamma

 Typography
Eliminate the chaos that comes with infinite font sizes

Title
Gamma uses a pared down set of font sizes so you never
have to burn time choosing between unlimited options 1
or reserving time at the end to make things consistent.

A Protip: you can use markdown syntax to quickly

format text Heading 1
Heading 2
# Heading 1

## Heading 2

### Heading 3
Heading 3
> Blockquote

:emoji: Add an emoji ƒ Blockquote

`foo` code snippet Large text

$f(x)=mx+b$ math snippet
Normal text
$$f(x)=mx+b$$ math block
Small text

function greet(){
console.log("Hello World")
}

f(x) = mx + b

. Lists & Tables

The usual options, with some new tricks

Gamma lets you create ordered and unordered lists just like traditional slides. Unlike slides, you can also create todo
lists, eg. to list out action items or quickly show progress towards open tasks.

Bulleted lists Numbered lists Todo lists

Item 1 1. Item 1 Milestone 1

Item 2 2. Item 2 Milestone 2 1
Item 3 3. Item 3 Milestone 3

Type * or - then space Type 1. then space Type [] then space

Tables

Gamma Decks Traditional Slides

Markdown support ✅ Yes ❌ No
Responsive on mobile ✅ Yes ❌ No
Easy to create ✅ Yes ⚠ Rarely

: Multi-Column Layouts
Stop dragging and resizing boxes to create layouts1

In Gamma you can create pixel-

perfect two and three column
layouts in seconds.
Just drag blocks next to each other to create multi-
column layouts. You can also use the slash menu 2 to
insert the number of columns you want

a Images and Media Galleries

Images
Quickly drag or upload your own images into your
presentation.

You can also pull them in quickly via Unsplash and Giphy
—just type /unsplash or /giphy while editing.

Gamma images can be resized and cropped inline 1 so

you can make them look good seconds.

Galleries
Present collections of content, without a million slides
Type /gallery to create a media gallery. Galleries handle layouts for you so you don't have to create column layouts or
worry about resizing content. Galleries can contain images, videos, links and more.

Big Sur California: Virtual Tour in 3 Minutes 03:19

Wikipedia

Big Sur
Big Sur is a rugged and mountainous section of the
Central Coast of California between Carmel and S…

A gallery in present mode:

a Interactive Embeds
Push your presentation beyond text and images. Embed just about anything
you want in a presentation

Ž GIFs
Add some fun and punch to your next presentation using
giphy. Type /giphy while editing a card to add gifs into
your Gamma deck.

œ Videos
Spice up your next a presentation with a video or two.
Embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Loom or just about
anywhere else in a few clicks.

10:48

YouTube

Wingsuit Flying Formation in "The Crack" | Miles …

Wingsuit flying like you've never seen before. Witness as
the crew jump and fly "The Crack", an iconic sub terrain…

YouTube

WWDC 2022 - June 6 | Apple

Watch the WWDC22 Apple Keynote announcing the latest software, hardware,
services, and operating systems. To watch the event interpreted in American…

01:48:53

­ Music Ž Tiktoks
Embed your theme song Why not . Add some fun to your deck

02:44

Spotify TikTok

Alien Boy They rejected my application to Hogwarts but I st…

Oliver Tree · Song · 2021

¶ Charts & Files

Embed files from Google Drive, MS Office, PowerBI, Amplitude, Airtable and more!

Amplitude

Commerce Dashboard
Track total revenue, conversion rate, average order value, and the effectiveness
of our different ad campaigns.

miro.com

Team Retrospective
7/11 retrospective for the customer acquisition and retention team. Sprint G

Google Docs Google Data Studio

Moby Dick Anthony Bourdain: Travels and Tribulations

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long By Marc Soares · Travel changes you. As you move
precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and… through this life and this world you change things slightly,…

ß Figma Prototypes
View prototype and mockups directly in Gamma

Figma

Light Mode & Dark Mode

Created with Figma

© Websites
You can even embed entire websites in your deck if you're feeling brave

webflow.com
Webflow: Create a custom website | No-code website builder
Create professional, custom websites in a completely visual canvas with no
code. Learn how to create a website by trying Webflow for free!

godlywebsite

Godly — The Best Web Design Inspiration

Godly is a curation of the best web design inspiration, every day. Browse the
best e-commerce websites, portfolio websites, animation websites and more.

Embed just about anything into your deck `

˜ Themes and Styling
Ever spent hours making your deck With Gamma, you can style and
1
look nice ? restyle your deck in one click.
Anytime.

Changing the style of your deck just takes a click. You can change the theme of this deck, by clicking the theme button
up top in the toolbar (while editing).

Default (dark) Theme Prism Theme

¶ Custom Themes
You can also build custom themes to match your brand

Gamma comes with nice default themes out of the box to Choose the:
save you time, but you can also build your own—to
1. Title and heading fonts
match your style, or team/company brand
2. Accent color
3. Background image
4. Logo
Go Wild. Create Mood
Leverage card styles and backgrounds to immerse your audience in your
presentation

This card uses a Giphy gif as its background image

] Presenting, Sharing & Exporting
Present your ideas like a deck, or share them like a doc

Present Mode

▶pieces
Present big ideas in bite-sized

If you're on desktop, you can present your deck card by

card, just like a traditional slide deck. Use your arrow
keys to navigate between cards.

7withFocus on one point at a time

spotlight mode
Type S while in present mode to turn on spotlight.
Spotlight lets keep the audience focused on one piece of
content at a time 1.

on the
Make quick edits to your deck,
fly
Ever tried to fix a typo mid-presentation in Powerpoint or
Google slides? It's super awkward 2.

In Gamma you can just double click to make quick edits

to your content.

/sharing,
Follow mode: like screen-
but more interactive
Try sharing the deck with your audience directly. If they
click on your face they can read, comment and follow
along 3 as you present. 01:01

Loom
v3 Welcome Memo | Gamma - 4 January 2022

Check out this Loom see it in action:

Sharing & Async Consumption

✉or anDropemaila link to your deck in Slack

Your audience won't need a Gamma account to view
your deck. Create a share link with view permissions
from the share panel in seconds.

ß Gamma decks look good on any

device
Gamma decks are responsive, and reflow to fit your
device. Your audience won't have to pinch and zoom on
mobile.

^deckYouascan still print or save your

a PDF
Sometime you just gotta attach a PDF to an email. No
sweat. Gamma decks can still be exported to PDF like
traditional slides ;.
š Realtime Collaboration
Just like Google Docs, Gamma lets you work with others in realtime

ĮwithInvite your friends to collaborate

one link
Open the share panel to create an access link they can
use to join and edit your deck.

š Comments and block reactions

Unlike with slides, Gamma lets you comment and react
to specific blocks 1 (pieces of content) in a card.

Hover on a block of text and click the speech bubble icon

š on the right margin of the card.
¶ Deck Analytics
Track engagement with your deck, down to the card level

/deckCheck to see who's viewed your

Track things like recent views, who viewed your deck,
when they opened it, how many cards they viewed.

5 See where people spend their

time in your decks
You can see the where people spend their time on
different cards, and look at drop off—the percentage of
people get to specific cards in your deck.
„ Ready to dive in?
Here are some ways to get started in Gamma

Get goint in a blank deck (desktop only)

Blank Deck

Browse our template gallery (desktop only)

Browse Templates

 Invite others to join your workspace

Share this link 5 to invite team members to your
workspace. You'll be able to collaborate on decks in
realtime.

https://gamma.app/Gra-Salvatori-
22io2pl4gvghnox/join?code=x7ey7ge3kjlv1fr

š Share feedback or get help

If you need help, want to share feedback, or request new
features, shoot us a message. We love hearing from our users.

You'll find the chat in the help menu in the bottom right hand
corner of your screen.
Thanks from all of us at Gamma!