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👋 Welcome, JNR

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

💬 Break down ideas into bite-


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

↕️ Unlike slides, cards expand


to fit your ideas
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.
💬 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.

📦 Cards can live inside other cards


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

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?

32

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
1
unlimited options or reserving time at the end to

Heading 1
make things consistent.

🪄 Protip: you can use markdown syntax to


quickly format text
Heading 2
# Heading 1
## Heading 2 Heading 3
### Heading 3 Blockquote
> Blockquote
:emoji: Add an emoji 😍 Large text

`foo` code snippet Normal text

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

$$f(x)=mx+b$$ math block

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 2

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 layouts3

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 4 to insert the number of columns you want

🖼 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 5 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…

A gallery in present mode:


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

🎞 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.

🎬 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 Crac…
Wingsuit flying like you've never seen before.
Witness as the crew jump and fly "The Crack",…

YouTube
WWDC 2022 - June 6 | Apple
Watch the WWDC22 Apple Keynote announcing the latest
software, hardware, services, and operating systems. To watch…
01:48:53

💿 Music 🎞 Tiktoks
Embed your theme song Why not 🤷‍♀️. Add some fun to your deck
Spotify TikTok
Alien Boy They rejected my…
Oliver Tree · Song · 2021
02:44

📈 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…


Moby Dick Anthony Bourdain:…
Call me Ishmael. Some By Marc Soares · Travel
years ago—never mind… changes you. As you…

📱 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…
Create professional, custom websites in a completely visual canvas
with no code. Learn how to create a website by trying Webflow…

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,…

Embed just about anything into your deck 🤯


🎨 Themes and Styling
Ever spent hours making your With Gamma, you can style and
deck look nice1? 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 Choose the:


the box to save you time, but you can also build
1. Title and heading fonts
your own—to 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
▶️ Present big ideas in bite-
sized pieces
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.

👉 Focus on one point at a time


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

🔧 Make quick edits to your


deck, on the 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.

👁️ Follow mode: like screen- Loom


sharing, but more interactive v3 Welcome Memo …
Try sharing the deck with your audience directly.
If they click on your face they can read, 01:01
3
comment and follow along as you present.
Check out this Loom see it in action:

Sharing & Async Consumption


✉️ Drop a link to your deck in
Slack or an email
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.

📱 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.

🖨 You can still print or save


your deck as 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 👍.
💬 Realtime Collaboration
Just like Google Docs, Gamma lets you work with others in realtime

🔗 Invite your friends to


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

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

👁 Check to see who's viewed


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

🕓 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 👇 to invite team members to your
workspace. You'll be able to collaborate on
decks in realtime.

https://gamma.app/JNR-Management-
cz7f3g6t2zpfkpt/join?code=l3jnm1o1xi2lbuy

💬 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!

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