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Overview

A slide layout (also called a slide template) is a single-slide starter that the “Add slide” picker offers inside the Presentation block. Where a presentation template is a whole-deck snapshot with variables, a slide layout is just one reusable slide you can drop in and then fill out.

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How it works

Slide layouts are managed at Settings → Presentations → Layouts (the screen header reads “Slide Templates”). The list shows each layout’s name, category, and description, with a delete control per row. Each layout has:
  • Name and Description.
  • Category: one of Title, Content, Data, Media, or Custom. Used to group the layout in the picker.
  • Theme (optional): a brand kit for the preview thumbnail and inserted styles.
The metadata above is edited on this screen. The slide content itself is edited inline: create the layout (Custral seeds a starter slide with a title and body element), add it to a real deck, refine the slide there, and save it back over the layout using Save as slide template in the block. When you create a layout, Custral captures a thumbnail from the starter slide so the Add-slide picker can render its tile. The thumbnail is best-effort, if it can’t be generated, the layout still saves.

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Using it

1

Create a layout

On the Layouts screen, click New slide template. Set a name, optional description, a Category, and optionally a Theme. A starter slide with a title and body is created.
2

Refine the slide content

Insert the layout into a deck, adjust the elements, then use Save as slide template to update the layout’s slide.
3

Reuse it

The layout now appears in the block’s Add-slide picker under its category.

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Troubleshooting

When reporting an issue, include the request ID shown in the error message. It helps our support team trace what happened.

Presentations Overview

Templates

Themes