White-Label Deck QA Gate (QA)

White-Label Deck QA Gate (QA)

1. 01

   Confirm the deck renders correctly in the client's native format before anything ships

   Export to editable PowerPoint and PDF, then open both on a machine that does not have the builder installed. Font substitution and layout drift are the two most common failures reported after delivery.

2. 02

   Verify every brand asset against the client's current style guide, not last quarter's

   Check logo lockups, hex values, and type scale. A single stale logo on slide one undoes the perceived value of a white-label build.

3. 03

   Run a layout self-check pass on every slide that contains more than 40 words

   Overflow, orphaned headings, and misaligned columns are the defects clients notice first. Tools that self-check output before presenting it, such as Slaide, reduce this pass to a review rather than a rebuild.

4. 04

   Test the deck on the delivery surface the client will actually use

   A deck that looks clean in a browser editor can break in a boardroom projector or a Zoom screen share. Confirm aspect ratio and contrast at presentation distance.

5. 05

   Strip or disclose AI provenance metadata according to the client contract

   C2PA content credentials and hidden Unicode characters can persist in exported files. Decide per account whether to remove them or leave them, and record the decision.

6. 06

   Log the build source and theme file so the next revision does not start from scratch

   Plain-text or MDX source files, as used by Slaide and SlideX, let a second team member edit copy without touching layout. Store the source alongside the export in the client folder.

7. 07

   Get one named approver to sign off in writing before the file leaves the agency

   Verbal approval in a Slack thread is not a gate. A single approver per deck prevents the version sprawl that turns a two-hour revision into a two-day one.