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InventoryLedgerStructure

Two-column term/definition table with auto-derived alphabetic range pill.

Use for jargon-heavy decks where the audience needs a reference page. The runtime auto-adds a range pill (e.g. 'A – G') to the heading.

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When to use

Jargon-heavy decks. When the audience needs a reference page they can flip back to. Acronyms, domain terms, internal names — anything the speaker won't define inline.
Five to eight entries per slide. The ledger is sized for a short page. For longer glossaries, split alphabetically across multiple slides — the runtime stamps each with its range pill.
Short definitions. Each definition is one sentence — a working gloss, not an essay. Long definitions belong on their own divider (light variant) slide where the term is the heading.

When not to use

Multi-sentence definitions. Each entry is one short line. If a definition needs context or examples, the term deserves its own slide — use a divider (light variant) with the term as the heading.
Mixed term lengths. If some terms are single words and others are full phrases, the left column gets ragged. Trim long terms to their canonical short form.
Hand-written range pill. The runtime derives the range pill (e.g. "A – G") from the entries. Authoring it into the heading double-stamps it.

Common mistakes

Authoring terms out of alphabetical order. The range pill is derived from the FIRST and LAST terms in the list, not computed by sorting — an out-of-order list produces a range pill that doesn't actually describe the terms it contains.
A term with no nested definition bullet beneath it, or a term with a SECOND nested definition bullet. Every term needs EXACTLY one nested definition bullet directly beneath it. Zero bullets leaves that row's definition cell empty; a second bullet is silently DROPPED (only the first is captured), so the extra content just vanishes rather than erroring or appending.

Authoring

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## Glossary

- Adjacency
  - The relationship between two slides that share an audience or context.
- Anchor
  - A title, divider, or closing slide that orients the audience.
- Cadence
  - The deck's pacing — how much new information per slide.

Slots

Slot	Selector	Required	Description
`title`	`h2`	yes	Slide heading — typically 'Glossary'.
`entries`	`ul > li`	yes	Nested bullets: outer li is the term, inner li is its one-line definition. A runtime transform converts the list into a two-column table and derives the alphabetic range pill from the first and last terms, so terms should be authored in alphabetical order; without the Lattice runtime the raw nested list renders unstyled.

Anatomy

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  header                                 │
│  Glossary heading.            A–Z       │
│                                         │
│  TERM      DEFINITION                   │
│  Term A    Definition or gloss.         │
│  Term B    Definition or gloss.         │
│  Term C    Definition or gloss.         │
│  Term D    Definition or gloss.         │
│                                         │
│  footer                           1/19  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

list-tabularrows are key/value reference, not term/definition
dividerlighter mid-section orientation — the bright-canvas light variant
actorsthe left column is a named person, not a term
listdeclared statements — the principles variant