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Category: figures
Field: economics
License: MIT
Updated: 2026-04
Stages: paper-drafting

Visual Audit of Slide Deck

Perform a thorough visual layout audit of a slide deck.

Steps

  1. Read the slide file specified in $ARGUMENTS

  2. For Quarto (.qmd) files:

  3. Render with quarto render Quarto/$ARGUMENTS

  4. Open in browser to inspect each slide

  5. For Beamer (.tex) files:

  6. Compile and check for overfull hbox warnings

  7. Audit every slide for:

OVERFLOW: Content exceeding slide boundaries FONT CONSISTENCY: Inline font-size overrides, inconsistent sizes BOX FATIGUE: 2+ colored boxes on one slide, wrong box types SPACING: Missing negative margins, missing fig-align LAYOUT: Missing transitions, missing framing sentences, semantic colors

  1. Produce a report organized by slide with severity and recommendations

  2. Follow the spacing-first principle:

  3. Reduce vertical spacing with negative margins
  4. Consolidate lists
  5. Move displayed equations inline
  6. Reduce image/SVG size
  7. Last resort: font size reduction (never below 0.85em)