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Slaide glossary: key terms explained
In short
This glossary explains the terms you meet in Slaide, from the brief you write and the page plan you approve to the build with its render check, the credits that pay for AI work and the share link that publishes a document. Each entry gives a short definition and points to the article with the details.
Which terms describe how a document is made?
Slaide uses a few terms for the steps between your idea and the finished file. You meet them in the app and throughout this help center.
| Term | Meaning | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Brief | The written request you send: what the document is, who reads it and what it should achieve, plus the figures, tone and sources that matter. | How to write a good brief for Slaide |
| Question cards | The short questions Slaide asks about points your request leaves open. You pick an option, tick several, or choose I'll take it from here. | How Slaide works |
| Page plan | The plan Slaide shows before it builds anything: one card per page, your decisions and a list called What I assumed. You edit a card, choose Tweak it to describe a change, or approve with Let's go. | How Slaide works |
| Plan first | A chip in the start box. Switch it off to skip the questions and the page plan for the first request. Planning never runs on a phone. | How Slaide works |
| Build | Slaide writes and designs the pages one after another. Each finished page appears in the page strip, and the assistant panel lists the steps. | How Slaide works |
| Render check | Slaide renders the pages and checks them for text that overflows or is cut off, broken or blank images, weak contrast and logos that are too small. It tries to fix what it finds. | How Slaide works |
| Page | One page of a document. In slide formats such as 16:9, 4:3 and HD a page is a slide; in A4 it is a page of the document. | Page formats and sizes in Slaide |
| Page strip | The strip on the left of the editor that shows your pages. There you add a blank page, duplicate or delete a page, or drag it to a new position. | Add, duplicate, move and delete pages |
| Assistant panel | The panel beside the page where you chat with the AI. During a build it lists what Slaide is doing. | How Slaide works |
Which terms describe editing and presenting?
| Term | Meaning | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Hand edit | A change you make yourself by clicking, dragging or typing on the page. Hand edits use no credits. | Change text, colors and layout by hand |
| Ask AI | The button and shortcut (Ctrl+K or Cmd+K) that sends a request about the object you selected. A request you write in the chat or for a marked page area is also an AI request. AI requests use credits, except for the document that was free on the Free plan. | Edit your document and undo changes |
| Version | A saved state of a document. Slaide saves one before every AI change, page action and round of hand edits. The Versions tab lists them, and you can restore one. | Version history |
| Brand kit | Your colors, fonts, logo and tone of voice, stored once. The active brand is attached to every new request as guidance, and your instruction in a request always wins over it. You can save up to 5 brands. | Brand kit |
| Template | A starting design: your own .pptx, which Slaide rebuilds as editable pages, or an earlier Slaide document that you start from with Use as template. | Use your own PowerPoint template |
| Animate | The editor action that adds entrances, slide transitions and morphs to a deck of two or more slides, in the styles Keynote, Balanced or Minimalist. | Animations and transitions |
| Morph | A motion between two following slides: an object that appears on both glides from its old position and size to the new one. | Animations and transitions |
| Speaker notes | Text for the presenter, written under each slide. It never appears on the slide and arrives in the PowerPoint export as the notes pane. | Present your slides and add speaker notes |
| Present | The editor action that starts a presentation filling the window, at the slide you are on. | Present your slides and add speaker notes |
Which terms describe files, export and sharing?
| Term | Meaning | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Context file | A file you attach to a request as source material: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images or text files. | Files and exports |
| Import | Opening a .pptx, .pdf or .docx file from the library so that Slaide rebuilds its pages as editable elements. What it cannot read or place reliably stays an image. | Import a PowerPoint or PDF and keep editing |
| Export | The Export menu at the top right of the editor. It offers PowerPoint for slide formats or Word for page formats, plus PDF, PNG and JPG. An Excel model is not in this menu: you download it as .xlsx from its attachment. | Files and exports |
| Share link | The public link that Share creates. Anyone who has it can view the document. There is no password, and stopping the share ends the link for good. | Share a document |
| Embed code and gallery | Two more options in the sharing panel: an embed code that shows the document on a web page, and a switch that offers it to the Slaide gallery (Slaide may leave a document out). | Share a document |
| Slaide mark | The small “Made with Slaide” mark on exports of the Free plan: on the page in PDF, PNG, JPG and PowerPoint, as a footer line in Word. Paid plans export without it. | Files and exports |
| Library | The list of your documents. Search by title, mark favorites to place them first and group work in folders. | Find and organize your documents |
| Owner | The person whose document it is. When others are invited, AI tasks, credits, publishing and the list of people stay with the owner. | Work on a document together |
Which terms describe plans and credits?
| Term | Meaning | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Credits | Slaide's unit for AI usage. How many a document needs depends on its length, research and revisions. | How credits work in Slaide |
| Monthly credits | The credits a paid plan includes each month: Plus 800, Pro 1,800 and Max 7,000. They come back at the reset date, and unused plan credits do not roll over. The Free plan has none. | How credits work in Slaide |
| Plan | Your subscription level: Free, Plus, Pro or Max. Not to be confused with the page plan that Slaide shows before it builds. | Plans and pricing |
| Free document | The one document of a Free account, free once your email address is confirmed and without a credit card. Its first 3 pages are built, and its exports carry the Slaide mark. | Create your first document in Slaide |
| Pay-as-you-go | A setting that lets Slaide keep working when your credits run out. It bills only the usage your balance does not cover to your saved card, up to a monthly limit you set. It adds no credits and is not a subscription. | Pay-as-you-go: pay only for what you use |
| Student document purchase | For pupils and students who plan for free: a one-time purchase of €0.99 that builds one document of up to 12 pages, instead of a plan. | Plans and pricing |
| Invite link | Your personal link from Settings, under Plan. When a friend creates an account through it, you earn credits at three milestones, and your friend gets credits too. | Invite friends and earn credits |
Which terms describe apps and integrations?
| Term | Meaning | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Connector | How ChatGPT, Claude and Grok use Slaide: you add Slaide's server address as a custom connector and approve the connection on Slaide's consent page. Everything runs in your own account and plan. | Use Slaide in ChatGPT, Claude or Grok |
| Slaide for Chrome | The optional side-panel extension for Google Chrome 116 or newer that turns the web page you are reading into an editable presentation. | Slaide for Chrome |
| Add-in | A chat pane inside PowerPoint that builds decks with the same AI and credits as the web app. As of 11 October 2026 it is not available yet. | The Slaide add-in for PowerPoint |
Frequently asked questions
Is a page the same as a slide?
In slide formats such as 16:9, 4:3 and HD, yes: every page is a slide. In A4 and other page formats, a page is a page of the document. Page formats and sizes in Slaide explains the formats and what changes when you switch.
What is the difference between the page plan and a pricing plan?
The page plan is the card-by-card outline that Slaide shows before it builds a document. A plan in the pricing sense is your subscription level: Free, Plus, Pro or Max. The two are unrelated; see Plans and pricing for the subscription plans.
What is the difference between a hand edit and an AI request?
A hand edit is a change you make yourself on the page, and it uses no credits. An AI request goes to the assistant, whether you write it in the chat, mark an area or press Ask AI on a selected object, and it uses credits. Edit your document and undo changes shows the ways.
What is the difference between undo and a version?
Undo takes back your last hand edit. A version is a saved state of the whole document, and Slaide saves one before every AI change, so you can return to an earlier state even after an AI request. See Version history.
What does built mean in Slaide?
Building is the step in which Slaide writes and designs the pages. On the Free plan the plan of your first document can show up to 12 pages and the first 3 are built. Plus builds up to 12 pages per document; Pro and Max have no plan limit on pages.