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# Create a presentation from a template

Use a published Template to create a customized presentation.

The Template is not the finished presentation. It is the reusable system Decky follows to create a new presentation.

1. Choose the Template you want to use.
2. Answer any questions the Template requests.
3. Add requested files or relevant information.
4. Ask Decky to create the presentation.
5. Decky follows the Template's structure and instructions.
6. Decky fills or generates the areas it can change.
7. Review the presentation and make additional changes with Decky if needed.

This gives teams consistency without requiring identical presentation content.

### What stays consistent?

Depending on the Template configuration:

* Slide structure and layouts
* Preserved content
* Recurring instructions

### What can change?

Depending on the Template:

* Fillable content and customer or meeting information
* Information from requested files and answers to Template questions
* Dynamic slides

### Related articles

* [What is a template?](/decky-docs/templates/what-is-a-template.md)
* [Add questions and file inputs](/decky-docs/templates/add-questions-and-file-inputs.md)
* [Control what Decky can change](/decky-docs/templates/control-what-decky-can-change.md)
* [Edit a presentation with chat](/decky-docs/plans-billing/edit-a-presentation-with-chat.md)


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