Lecture 4 – Google Slides
In the business world; to present new findings or strategies, train new employees, and even sell your product, you’ll often use a deck to easily convey information and visually engage an audience.
One of the best tools for creating slide decks is Google Slides, which is included with your free Gmail account and connected to the cloud, so you can access all your presentations from any cloud.
How to use Google Slides on phone?
How to open slides?
Step 1: Click or hover your mouse on Waffle (App launcher Icon).
Step 2: Select Slides from the drop-down menu.
Step 3: Choose Google drive to proceed.
Step 4: Sign up for free.
Step 5: Choose –> For my personal use.
To help you create a presentation with Google Slides, go through guide that’ll show you how to turn a blank deck into a compelling one. Read on to learn how.
Create or import a presentation.
Step 6: To Add or import new slide –> Select “+” as shown below.
Step 7: Select “Upload” to import file from your device / cloud.
Step 8: If you have to open any shared PPT choose “Shared” as shown to open file which is shared with you.
Step 9: If you want to import and convert an existing presentation from PowerPoint to Slides, go to your “Google Drive“,
How to play slides, if you have PPT handy with you.
Step 10: Click on “red play button“.
Step 11: Use above options to make your slides play easy.
Edit and add your presentation.
Steps 12: to edit click on “Pen Icon”.
Steps 13: Use the above tools option to make and edit slides.
Add text to your presentation.
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- Insert media
- Insert shapes
- Insert Tables
- Insert Charts
- Word Arts
- Put Animation
Save, add, and write notes on slides!
Step 14: Click on 3 dots symbol.
Step 15: Use the above option as required.
How to share slides?
Step 16: click on share icon.
Step 17: Choose medium to share your slides.
5. Arrange your presentation’s slides.
To add a new slide to your presentation, click the “+” button on the far-left side of your toolbar.
If you want to move a slide to a different spot in your presentation, drag it to your preferred location. To move multiple slides within your presentation, press the “Ctrl” button on your keyboard and click the slides you want to move around.
If you want to duplicate a slide, right-click it and choose “Duplicate slide” in the toolbar. To delete a slide, right-click it and choose ”Delete” in the toolbar.
9. Present your slideshow.
When you’re ready to present your slideshow, click the “Present” button at the top right corner of your page.
If you want to look at your speaker notes during your presentation, click the down arrow and choose “Presenter view”.
Another useful feature Google Slides offers is “Pointer” — it can turn your mouse into a laser pointer during your presentation. To use it, click the “Pointer” button at the bottom of your page.
If you’re presenting on a tight schedule, it might be easier to field questions during your presentation rather than after. Fortunately, with Google Slides, you can host a Q&A during your presentation by clicking the “Q&A” button at the bottom of your page.
When you do this, a web page asking you if you want to accept questions from your audience will pop up. The questions your audience asks will also appear on this web page.
If you decide to field questions from your audience during your presentation, it’ll look like this:
Your audience can click on the link at the top of the presentation, which will direct them to a new page where they can enter their questions.
10. Download your presentation in other formats.
Once you’ve completed your presentation, you can download it as another format to send to your audience or keep for future reference. To do this, choose “File” and “Download as” to download your presentation as one of the following formats:
- Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx)
- ODP (.odp)
- Text File
- JPEG
- PNG
- Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg)
There you have it. We hope this guide to using Google Slides will help you create and present compelling slide decks that will captivate your colleagues and potential customers.