Check the deck before it goes out: 17 rules, one-click fixes
Deckcell’s Check presentation runs 17 rules over a slide or the whole deck: colours outside the house palette, non-house fonts, text too small to read, double spaces, footnote markers without a footnote, shapes off the slide and more. Go to each issue, fix it, or fix all of one kind at once.
Last updated 24 October 2026
The 17 rules
Brand
Fill colours outside the palette; Outline colours outside the palette; Text colours outside the palette; Fonts other than the house fonts; Text too small to read.
Text
Double spaces; Spaces before punctuation; Missing spaces after punctuation; Repeated words; Spaces at the start or end of text; Straight quotes (not typographic); Footnote markers without a footnote; Proofing language.
Layout
Empty text boxes; Shapes off the slide.
Clean-up
Speaker notes (may hold confidential remarks); Animations.
Clean-up, colours and saving
Remove notes or animations
From the whole deck in one go, before it leaves the building.
Theme colours to fixed colours
Convert to fixed RGB so colours survive a template change, and back again.
House colour bar
Your brand colours for fill, outline or text, one click away.
Back and forward
Jump back through the slides you visited, or go to a slide by number.
Save with a proper name
Save the deck as .pptx or PDF, or just the selected slides as .pptx, named from topic, version, date and author.
The animation and proofing-language rules and saving selected slides are PowerPoint only. Google Slides’ add-on platform has no API for them.
Frequently asked questions
How do I check a PowerPoint deck for off-brand colours and fonts?
Load your style file in Deckcell, open Check presentation and run it on the deck. It lists every fill, outline and text colour outside the palette and every non-house font, with a fix for each.
Can I remove all speaker notes from a deck at once?
Yes. Deck clean-up removes all speaker notes, or all animations, in one go.
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