Layout Pattern
Inverted pyramid
Show 1 to 8 levels narrowing from the broad top (the many, the starting pool) to the tip below (the selected few, the result). Write one short list entry per level in top-to-bottom order. Export uses editable native shapes.
How to Use It
Show 1 to 8 levels narrowing from the broad top (the many, the starting pool) to the tip below (the selected few, the result). Write one short list entry per level in top-to-bottom order. Export uses editable native shapes.
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Show levels that narrow from a broad pool to a selected few, the widest first; write one short entry per level.
All people, quotations and business figures in these examples are illustrative.
This prepared preview and the OPF describe the same example. Region outlines show measured allocation; toggling them does not change the slide.
Inspect compact default-catalog references. Your host must register the matching catalog; source identifies it without fetching over the network. Copy always includes complete embedded records.
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Regions, in reading order
This layout is one list of 2 regions, declared once. The list runs as a column; a split nests a list that runs the other way. Each size is a share of its parent’s width (row) or height (column).
Schematic of the list: each box is drawn in proportion to its size; an auto entry gets a fixed band. Dashed boxes are heading regions.
Column, stacked, top to bottom. No anchor is written on the layout: body regions start at the top unless they set their own.
- 1titleauto
auto, the height the content needs
Heading region: holds the slide’s title, with its tag and subtitle. It takes a size and no content rules.
- 2levels100%
size 1: 100% of what the auto entries leave
- Accepts
- list
- Role
- primary
- Flow
- none, up to 1 block
- Anchor
- top (default)
Layout structure and reference fields
How automatic composition differs
Try dynamic composition
Explore how a text slide reflows as you change its content and shape. These examples use OPF’s shared composition rules; the copied document includes your choices.
All sample text fits within its content boxes.
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"slides": [
{
"title": "Let the content find its space",
"composition": {
"mode": "auto"
},
"blocks": [
{
"text": "Start with the decision. State what the audience should understand or do."
},
{
"text": "Show the evidence. Give each supporting idea enough space to be read."
},
{
"text": "Make the next step clear. Keep the action specific and easy to remember."
}
]
}
]
}Composition rules and examples as JSON · Pagination rules and example JSON
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