# Slide Forge

> Slide Forge turns a topic, a web link or a document into a finished, designed presentation on iPhone and iPad. Edit, present live and share a link.

- Slide Forge is an iPhone and iPad app (iOS and iPadOS 15.0 or later) published by Commercium Limited, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 16456125).
- Current version: 2.0.0 (build 202609251859, 2026-09-25). Every help article was checked against this build.
- Kai, the assistant in the app, plans a presentation's story, writes each slide and adds photos from a topic, a public web page or a document (PDF, Word, PowerPoint or text, up to 8 MB).
- Existing decks (PowerPoint or PDF up to 30 MB, public Google Slides links; Keynote and Canva through PowerPoint export) can be imported and rebuilt in a Slide Forge design.
- 12 themes, 10 layouts, AI changes for one slide or the whole deck (tone, simpler words, shorter, fix language, translate into 14 deck languages), live presenting with reactions, questions and polls, web links with view stats, PDF and PowerPoint export, iCloud sync, the app in 14 languages.
- Free: the first deck (edit, present, live, PDF export with a credit line) and one AI change. Slide Forge VIP (yearly, monthly or weekly subscription through the App Store) unlocks the rest.
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761639814
- Support: support@slideforge.cloud

## Features
- [Create a deck with Kai](https://slideforge.cloud/features/create-with-kai): A topic, a web link or a document becomes a finished, designed deck.
- [Import any deck and restyle it](https://slideforge.cloud/features/import-and-restyle): Bring a deck from PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides, Canva or PDF and rebuild it in a clean design.
- [The editor and its tools](https://slideforge.cloud/features/editor): Tap any text to change it. Switch a layout or the whole theme in one tap.
- [Twelve themes, ten layouts](https://slideforge.cloud/features/themes-and-layouts): Every deck comes designed. Switch the whole theme at any time and it stays laid out.
- [AI changes for a slide or the whole deck](https://slideforge.cloud/features/ai-changes): Change the tone, use simpler words, make it shorter, fix the language or translate.
- [Present live, with reactions, questions and polls](https://slideforge.cloud/features/present-live): Your audience follows your slides on their own phones and laptops, and can react, ask and vote.
- [Share a link, see who viewed it](https://slideforge.cloud/features/share-and-stats): A web link anyone can open without an app, with views and time on each slide.
- [PowerPoint and PDF that look like your slides](https://slideforge.cloud/features/export): Export to PowerPoint (.pptx) or PDF, ready to send, print or keep editing.
- [Made for iPad, too](https://slideforge.cloud/features/ipad): A full canvas with floating tools, Apple Pencil hover and keyboard shortcuts.
- [Fourteen languages and iCloud sync](https://slideforge.cloud/features/languages-and-icloud): The app in 14 languages, decks in 14 languages, and your decks on every iPhone and iPad.

## Help centre
- [Help centre](https://slideforge.cloud/help)
- [FAQ](https://slideforge.cloud/help/faq)
- [Glossary](https://slideforge.cloud/help/glossary)
- [How-to films](https://slideforge.cloud/help/films)

### Getting started
- [What Slide Forge does](https://slideforge.cloud/help/getting-started/what-is-slide-forge): Slide Forge turns a topic, a web link or a document into a finished, designed deck on iPhone and iPad. You then edit it, present it, share a link or export it.
- [Make your first deck from a topic](https://slideforge.cloud/help/getting-started/make-your-first-deck): Type a topic on Home, choose the length, language and style, then tap Create deck. An eight-slide deck takes about half a minute.
- [Find your way around the app](https://slideforge.cloud/help/getting-started/find-your-way-around): Slide Forge has three tabs, Home, Decks and Settings, and a + button for a new deck. Everything else happens in the editor.
- [Slide Forge on iPhone and iPad](https://slideforge.cloud/help/getting-started/iphone-and-ipad): One app for both. It needs iOS or iPadOS 15 or later, and iCloud keeps your decks in step between your devices.

### Create
- [Make a deck from a web link](https://slideforge.cloud/help/create/deck-from-a-link): Tap From a link, paste the address and Kai reads the page. The deck is built from what the page says, not from its title alone.
- [Make a deck from a PDF, Word or text file](https://slideforge.cloud/help/create/deck-from-a-document): Tap From a file and choose a PDF, Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx) or text file of up to 8 MB. Kai builds the deck from its content.
- [Choose the length, language and style](https://slideforge.cloud/help/create/style-length-and-language): Before you tap Create deck, pick 4 to 16 slides, one of 14 deck languages and one of six styles. Your usual choices can be saved as defaults in Settings.
- [While Kai is making your deck](https://slideforge.cloud/help/create/while-kai-is-working): Kai first plans the story, then writes the slides one by one and adds photos. You can stop at any time; if something goes wrong, tap Try again.

### Import
- [Import a PowerPoint or PDF and restyle it](https://slideforge.cloud/help/import/import-powerpoint-or-pdf): Tap +, then Import and restyle, and choose a .pptx or PDF of up to 30 MB. Kai keeps your slides, order, facts and photos and rebuilds every slide in a Slide Forge design.
- [Import from Keynote, Canva or Google Slides](https://slideforge.cloud/help/import/keynote-canva-google-slides): Export the deck as PowerPoint and import that file. A public Google Slides deck can also be imported straight from its link.
- [Keep or translate an imported deck](https://slideforge.cloud/help/import/imported-deck-language): An imported deck keeps its original language unless you turn off Keep the original language and pick another one before you create it.

### Edit
- [Edit the text on a slide](https://slideforge.cloud/help/edit/edit-text): Tap any text on the slide. A text box opens under it, and the slide updates as you type. Tap Done when you are finished.
- [Add, change or remove a photo](https://slideforge.cloud/help/edit/photos-on-slides): Select the slide, tap Photo, search free stock photos and tap one. Remove photo takes it off again.
- [Write speaker notes](https://slideforge.cloud/help/edit/speaker-notes): Tap Notes and write what you will say on the slide. Notes show in presenter view and go into the PowerPoint file.
- [Add, duplicate, move or delete slides](https://slideforge.cloud/help/edit/add-move-delete-slides): Select a slide and tap Slide: add a slide after it, duplicate it, move it earlier or later, or delete it. Undo takes back any change.
- [Rename, tag and find your decks](https://slideforge.cloud/help/edit/rename-tag-and-find-decks): Rename a deck by tapping its name in the editor. On Decks, search titles and slide text, sort, and use tags and favourites to keep things in order.
- [Edit on iPad](https://slideforge.cloud/help/edit/edit-on-ipad): On iPad the slide gets the whole screen. The tools float on the left, their panels open beside the slide, and the slide strip can be shown or hidden.

### AI changes
- [Change the tone of the whole deck](https://slideforge.cloud/help/ai-changes/change-the-tone-of-the-whole-deck): Tap AI, then a tone under Whole deck: Professional, Friendly, Academic, Inspiring, Playful or Bold. Every slide is rewritten, and one Undo brings the old deck back.
- [Rewrite one slide with AI](https://slideforge.cloud/help/ai-changes/change-one-slide): Tap AI and use This slide: Shorter, More detail, Simpler, Persuasive, Key points or Fix language. Or type your own instruction.
- [Translate a deck](https://slideforge.cloud/help/ai-changes/translate-a-deck): Tap AI, then Translate, and pick a language. Every slide is translated, keeping its meaning, facts and structure, and the deck language changes with it.

### Themes & layouts
- [Change the theme](https://slideforge.cloud/help/themes-and-layouts/change-the-theme): Tap a theme in the Theme row under the slide, or open Theme for all twelve. The whole deck changes and stays laid out.
- [Change a slide's layout](https://slideforge.cloud/help/themes-and-layouts/change-a-slide-layout): Pick a layout in the Layout row under the slide. Only the layouts that fit the slide’s content are offered, so nothing is lost.
- [The twelve themes](https://slideforge.cloud/help/themes-and-layouts/the-12-themes): Slide Forge has twelve themes in four groups: pitch deck, data heavy, academic and minimalist. Each works with all ten layouts.

### Present & live
- [Present full screen](https://slideforge.cloud/help/present-and-live/present-full-screen): Tap Present (the play button) in the editor. Tap the right or left side, or swipe, to move; tap the middle to show the controls and your notes.
- [Present live: your audience follows on their phones](https://slideforge.cloud/help/present-and-live/present-live): While presenting, tap Present live, then Go live, and share the link. Everyone who opens it sees your current slide and can react, ask questions and vote in polls.
- [Run a poll during a live presentation](https://slideforge.cloud/help/present-and-live/run-a-poll): While live, tap the poll button, write a question with up to six options (or use Yes / No or 1-5), and tap Start poll. Results update as people vote.
- [Take questions and see reactions](https://slideforge.cloud/help/present-and-live/questions-and-reactions): During a live presentation your audience can send questions and reactions. Questions collect in the Questions sheet, where you mark them answered.

### Share & stats
- [Share a deck as a web link](https://slideforge.cloud/help/share-and-stats/share-a-web-link): Tap Export, then Web link. Anyone with the link can watch the deck in a browser, with no app. Copy it, share it or open it yourself.
- [See who viewed your link](https://slideforge.cloud/help/share-and-stats/read-link-stats): Open Link stats from a deck’s … menu or Who viewed it on the Export sheet. It shows views, people, average time, how many saw it all and the time spent on each slide.

### Export
- [Export a PDF or PowerPoint file](https://slideforge.cloud/help/export/export-pdf-or-powerpoint): Tap Export in the editor and choose PDF or PowerPoint. When the file is ready, the share sheet opens so you can save it to Files, mail it or AirDrop it.
- [PDF or PowerPoint: which to choose](https://slideforge.cloud/help/export/pdf-or-powerpoint): Choose PDF to send or print a deck that looks exactly like your slides. Choose PowerPoint to keep editing in PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides.
- [The "Made with Slide Forge" line](https://slideforge.cloud/help/export/made-with-slide-forge-line): Free exports and free web links carry a small “Made with Slide Forge” line. With VIP, exports and links are clean.

### Account & iCloud
- [Sync your decks with iCloud](https://slideforge.cloud/help/account-and-icloud/sync-with-icloud): Turn on Settings > Sync decks with iCloud on each iPhone and iPad. Your decks and tags then follow your Apple ID, with no sign-in.
- [Move to a new iPhone or iPad](https://slideforge.cloud/help/account-and-icloud/new-iphone-or-ipad): Turn on iCloud sync before you switch, install Slide Forge on the new device and turn sync on there too. Then restore your VIP purchase.
- [App language, light and dark mode](https://slideforge.cloud/help/account-and-icloud/app-language-and-appearance): In Settings > Appearance, set Theme to Auto, Light or Dark, pick the App language from 14, and turn Haptic feedback on or off.

### Subscription & billing
- [What is free and what VIP adds](https://slideforge.cloud/help/subscription-and-billing/free-and-vip): Viewing and presenting are always free. Your first deck is free to edit and export as PDF, with one AI change. VIP unlocks everything else.
- [Restore your VIP purchase](https://slideforge.cloud/help/subscription-and-billing/restore-purchases): Tap Settings > Restore purchases, or Restore on the paywall. Slide Forge checks the App Store for a VIP purchase on your Apple ID.
- [Cancel or change your subscription](https://slideforge.cloud/help/subscription-and-billing/cancel-or-change-subscription): Subscriptions are managed by Apple. Open the Settings app, tap your name, then Subscriptions > Slide Forge, and cancel or change the plan there.

### Privacy & data
- [What happens to what you type and upload](https://slideforge.cloud/help/privacy-and-data/what-happens-to-your-content): Topics, documents and links are sent to our servers and AI providers to build and change slides. Decks are kept on your device, and in iCloud if you turn sync on.
- [Delete your account](https://slideforge.cloud/help/privacy-and-data/delete-your-account): Open Settings, scroll to Account and tap Delete account. Your account is deleted from our servers; decks on the device are not affected.
- [Delete a deck or all decks](https://slideforge.cloud/help/privacy-and-data/delete-decks): On a deck’s card, tap … then Delete. To remove everything, use Settings > Storage > Delete all decks. Neither can be undone.

### Troubleshooting
- [Screenshots of a slide come out black](https://slideforge.cloud/help/troubleshooting/screenshots-come-out-black): On a free account, screenshots and screen recordings of the editor and the presenter come out black. VIP accounts are never blocked.
- [A deck could not be made](https://slideforge.cloud/help/troubleshooting/deck-could-not-be-made): Most failures are the connection. Check you are online and tap Try again. If it keeps failing, write to us with your User ID.
- [A document or deck will not import](https://slideforge.cloud/help/troubleshooting/file-will-not-open): Documents must be PDF, Word, PowerPoint or text and at most 8 MB. Decks to import must be PowerPoint or PDF and at most 30 MB.
- [Photo search is not working](https://slideforge.cloud/help/troubleshooting/photo-search-unavailable): Photo search is unavailable right now means the photo service could not be reached; try again shortly. No photos found means the words matched nothing: try other words.
- [Link stats are empty or will not open](https://slideforge.cloud/help/troubleshooting/no-link-stats): Link stats need a web link and VIP. If the app says Make a web link first, make one from Export > Web link. No views yet means nobody has opened it.

## Blog
- [Running a live Q&A with polls](https://slideforge.cloud/blog/live-qa-with-polls): Polls and audience questions keep a room with you, if you plan them like part of the talk. How to write good poll questions and handle questions from the floor.
- [How to structure a pitch in ten slides](https://slideforge.cloud/blog/structure-a-pitch-deck): A pitch is an argument, not a brochure. A slide-by-slide structure that works for investors, clients and internal budget rounds.
- [Turning a written report into a talk](https://slideforge.cloud/blog/turn-a-report-into-a-talk): A report is read; a talk is heard. How to find the story in a long document and cut it down to what an audience can take in.

## Company
- [Pricing](https://slideforge.cloud/pricing)
- [What's new](https://slideforge.cloud/whats-new)
- [About](https://slideforge.cloud/about)
- [Contact](https://slideforge.cloud/contact)
- [Privacy Policy](https://slideforge.cloud/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://slideforge.cloud/terms-and-conditions)
- [Full text for AI assistants](https://slideforge.cloud/llms-full.txt)