TallSlide Quick Start
From zero to a live audience in under five minutes. Follow the steps below — or jump to the section you need.
What is TallSlide?
TallSlide is a mobile-first presentation platform. You build slides on a 360 px-wide canvas (phone-sized), share a live audience link, and control the presentation from your own device — scroll position syncs in real time.
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Sign In
- → Visit the app and click Sign in with Google.
- → You'll land on your personal Dashboard.
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Dashboard
- → Every presentation you've created appears as a card showing its title and last-updated date.
- → Click + Create new to make a new presentation.
- → Hover a card and click the ⋯ menu to delete it.
- → Click any card to open it in the editor.
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Editor
The editor has three sections:
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Left — Slide Panel
- Click a thumbnail to switch slides.
- Click + Add Slide to append a slide.
- Hover a thumbnail → click the red × to delete.
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Center — Canvas
- 360 px wide (phone-sized). Elements can extend vertically for scrolling slides.
- Click T in the toolbar to add text.
- Click ⊕ to add an image.
- Click to select, drag to move, use handles to resize.
- Click empty canvas to deselect.
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Right — Properties
Toggle between two modes at the top of the right panel:
| Mode | What you can edit |
|---|---|
| Visual Editor | Text content, image URL/alt, font size, color, weight, alignment, borders, background, image fit |
| JSON Editor | Raw JSON array of all elements — paste AI-generated JSON here |
✨ AI Prompt Helper Inside JSON Editor
- Switch to JSON Editor.
- Click ✨ Get AI Prompt.
- Type your slide topic (e.g. Introduction to Machine Learning).
- Click Copy Prompt and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude.
- Copy the JSON the AI returns, paste it into the textarea, and click Apply JSON Changes.
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Presenting
Presenter View (owner only)
- Shows the current slide in a phone frame.
- Scroll the canvas — the audience view scrolls in sync automatically.
- On mobile: tap the ☰ FAB (bottom-right) to open the slide menu and jump between slides.
- Toggle the Jog-Wheel for a touch-friendly scroll controller.
Audience View (shared link)
- Read-only. Automatically follows the presenter's scroll position and current slide.
- Works on any device — no login required.
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Access & Security
- ✓ The Editor and Presenter View require you to be signed in and be the deck's owner.
- ✓ The Audience View is public — anyone with the link can watch.
- ✕ If someone else tries to open your Presenter link, they'll see an Access Denied screen.
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Keyboard & Interaction Tips
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Add text | Toolbar T button |
| Add image | Toolbar ⊕ button |
| Move element | Click + drag |
| Resize element | Select → drag corner/edge handles |
| Deselect | Click empty canvas area |
| Switch editor mode | Toggle buttons at top of right panel |
| Delete slide | Hover thumbnail → red × |