Featured image of post How to Use reveal.js: Creating Presentation Materials with HTML and Markdown

How to Use reveal.js: Creating Presentation Materials with HTML and Markdown

We explain the installation and basic usage of 'reveal.js', a tool that allows you to intuitively create presentations using HTML and Markdown. We introduce ways to utilize it that support animations and PDF output, and have excellent compatibility with version control like Git.

How to make a presentation with HTML

reveal.js is a presentation creation tool using HTML and Markdown, with the following features:

  • A variety of presentation features such as mathematical formulas, animations, and swipe operations
  • Customizable themes and layouts
  • Navigation features compatible with multiple devices such as mice, keyboards, and touchpads
  • Advanced features such as automatic slide playback and video embedding
  • Can be exported in PDF format

With these features, users can easily create interactive and engaging presentations.

How to install and use reveal.js

The easiest way to use it is to download the entire ZIP from the following page and extract it.

  1. Open https://revealjs.com/installation and download master.zip from the link
  2. Open index.html in the extracted folder in a browser
  3. Rewrite index.html to create your own presentation
  • You can use demo.html as a reference since it contains HTML code for a demo.

Use Cases

The presentations you create can be published as web pages as is, or exported as PDFs. Also, since the source of the presentation is text, it is easy to manage it with a version control system.

It seems you can also create presentations in Markdown format.

References

comments powered by Disqus