AuraDeck

Presenting

Exporting (PDF / PPTX)

Render your deck to PDF for handouts or PPTX for sharing.

AuraDeck can export your deck to two static formats from the Export ribbon menu:

Both exports rasterise each slide to an image and embed the result in the output file. This means animations, interactive elements, and <script> behaviour do not survive — what you get is a frozen snapshot of how each slide looked at slide-load time.

PDF

Export → PDF...
  • Page size matches the deck's aspect ratio (16:9 produces 13.33"×7.5", 4:3 produces 10"×7.5").
  • Resolution defaults to the source viewport (typically 1920×1080 or 1024×768).
  • Output is one slide per page, in manifest.json order.

The exported PDF is suitable for printed handouts, archiving, or attaching to an email.

PPTX

Export → PPTX...
  • Each slide becomes one PowerPoint slide containing a single full-bleed image.
  • Speaker notes from manifest.json → slides[].notes are written into the PPTX notes pane.
  • The deck's title, author.name, and description populate the PPTX core properties.

PPTX is the format to use when you need to send the deck to someone who runs PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides and wants to flip through it natively.

What does not export

Because both export paths rasterise slides to images:

  • CSS animations and transitions do not animate in the output.
  • JavaScript-driven content (charts that animate in, interactive widgets) renders as it appears at slide load — anything that requires user interaction is frozen.
  • Embedded <video> and <audio> elements are not included.

For audiences that need the live experience, share the source .adsl file or a recorded screen capture.

Large decks

Rasterising at 1080p takes ~200–500 ms per slide on a modern laptop. Decks with 50+ slides may take 30+ seconds to export. Progress is shown in the ribbon while export is running.

Caveats and known limitations

  • Web fonts loaded over the network may not render in exports — if a font has not finished loading when html2canvas runs, the export uses a fallback. Use system fonts or self-hosted @font-face declarations for reliable export fidelity.
  • CSS that depends on the iframe size at runtime (100vw, 100vh) may render at the editor's viewport size, not the export resolution. If your slide looks wrong in PDF, give the slide a fixed pixel width/height during export — issue tracker has a workaround template.
  • PPTX images are baseline JPEGs at quality 90 to keep file size reasonable. For lossless slides, use PDF.

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