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 To compute the time budget without rendering the presentation, you can call `slide_timing()` directly on the `.Rmd` source file.
 
+## Overview Slides
+
+Like in the old Google-Docs-based slide workflow, a slide titled "Overview" or "Überblick" is automatically turned into a table of contents: its body content is replaced with a hierarchical list of all `#` and `##` slide headings, and each entry links to the corresponding slide.
+
+``` markdown
+## Overview
+
+(any placeholder content -- replaced automatically)
+```
+
+The TOC is generated when the presentation is opened, so it always reflects the deck it is part of. Slides without a heading and the title slide are left out.
+
 ## Incremental Bullets
 
 You can render bullets incrementally by adding the `incremental` option: