Outputs → Figures / Tables / Exports
Besides Writing, Outputs has three more sections, each mapping onto a real directory.
| Section | Holds |
|---|---|
| Figures | Images: diagrams, result plots, exported charts |
| Tables | Tabular data: CSV, Excel |
| Exports | Finished artifacts: PDFs, exported decks |
The list shows all four sections merged by default; the filter in the top right narrows to one: All · Writing · Figures · Tables · Exports. Each row shows which section it belongs to and when it was modified.
Tables: the grid editor
.csv / .tsv / .xlsx / .xls open in a grid editor, not as raw text — edit cells directly, like a spreadsheet.
Figures: image preview
Images open in a preview window with zoom and fit-to-width. Position and zoom are remembered, so reopening puts you back where you left off.
Slide decks
Scholardo writes slides in Markdown. A Markdown file is treated as a deck when either:
- its frontmatter contains
format: slide, or - its filename ends in
-slideor-slides
Once it qualifies, reading mode renders it as paginated slides and three buttons appear in the toolbar:
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| Play slideshow | Full-screen playback |
| Export presentation as PDF | Export to PDF |
| Choose slide theme | Switch themes |
Themes
Several themes ship built in, and Import Theme… takes your own Marp theme (a CSS file). Imported themes appear under "Custom." Show Themes Folder in Finder opens the themes directory directly.
Having the agent build a deck
Scholardo ships the agent a slide-writing spec, so "turn this manuscript into a 12-slide talk" works directly. The spec encodes the structural demands of an academic talk: every slide needs an assertion-style title, evidence behind it, and an outline before the expansion.
The agent can also self-check its output for content overflow with the MCP tool scholardo_slide_check.
Overflow checking
Scholardo measures each child element's actual geometry to detect content spilling past the slide bounds. That's far more accurate than estimating by word count — a wide table or a large equation can blow out a layout without adding many words.
Exports
Exports from all over the app land in the Exports section:
- Slide decks exported to PDF
- Merged manuscript exports
- Highlight exports in Markdown or CSV
Groups
Outputs supports user-created groups too — right-click → New Group…. See Docs → File groups.