Write and present

More ways to write and present

Highlight your pointer, add a custom pause slide, reuse Obsidian-style media embeds, and control media from the keyboard.

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More improvements New in Deckset 2.1 for Mac

More ways to write and present: presentation controls, Markdown improvements, diagrams and math, Settings on macOS 15, larger presentations, and images and video. — More improvements

Point to the right detail

Press C in Presentation Mode to toggle a colored pointer highlight or spotlight. Choose the style in Settings on macOS 15 or later.

Pointer controls

Make the break useful

Create a custom pause slide with Markdown, images, and diagrams. Press W to show or hide it while presenting.

Custom pause slides

Control media from the keyboard

Press K or your keyboard’s media key to play or pause media while presenting.

Keyboard shortcuts

See an example

Keep more details with the presentation

Set the document title and language, reuse Obsidian-style media embeds, describe diagrams, and keep column sizes consistent.

The release also reduces memory use in large presentations, improves image warnings and video playback, and brings the modern Settings window and documentation browser to macOS 15.

Explore the presentation settings

Obsidian-style media

Use embeds such as ![[image.png]] for supported images, audio, and video. Deeper Obsidian integration is planned for a future release.

Media embeds

Document title and language

Set a title and language in Markdown. Deckset uses the language in PDF and HTML exports.

Document settings

Accessible diagrams and math

Describe Mermaid diagrams for accessible exports, and use spoken descriptions for formulas.

Mermaid descriptions

Consistent columns

Scale every column by the same amount to keep text sizes consistent across the slide.

Column scaling