Refresh a deck with vCheck

Goal: find out whether a deck you downloaded still matches the library — and, if slides have changed, get a refreshed copy with each one’s current version.

When to use this: when your library uses vCheck and you’re working from a deck you downloaded earlier and want to be sure it isn’t stale before you present or share it.

Steps

1. Read the status badges. In a downloaded deck from a vCheck library, each slide carries a small status badge linked to its status page. A badge reads one of:

   • Up to date — the slide matches the library’s current version.
   • Update available — a newer version exists.
   • Rejected — the version in your deck was rejected.
   • Deleted — the slide no longer exists in the library.

   

2. Open the vCheck report. Click a badge to open SlideSource vCheck: Slide Updates. It shows the counts by status and a per-slide table comparing the version in your deck with the current version in the library.

   

3. Download the refreshed deck. Click Download updated presentation to recompile the deck using each slide’s current version.

Tips & pitfalls

Caution

The refreshed download won’t include local edits you made in the downloaded file — it’s rebuilt from the library’s current slides. If you edited the downloaded copy offline, reapply those changes after refreshing.

Note

If you don’t see status badges, your library may not use vCheck, or you’re looking at a deck that wasn’t downloaded from SlideSource.

Tip

Sharing a deck with someone outside the library? Recipients of a shared deck get their own token-based shared vCheck view, so they can check for updates too — no account required.

Related

vCheck (reference)How SlideSource flags outdated slides in downloaded decks, and how to refresh them.

Build a presentationAssemble and download the decks vCheck tracks.

External / consultant accessHow outside recipients view a shared deck.

Edit a slide in PowerPointUpdate a slide so downstream decks can refresh to it.