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Google Slides
Google Slides is an online version of Microsoft PowerPoint developed by Google in 2006. You can now
give presentations online with the help of Google Slides. Google Slides presentations include templates,
images, videos, animation, etc. You can also edit the presentation through your smartphones with
the help of Google Slides app.
Features of Google Slides
Google Slides provides the following features:
It is free and accessible from any device.
You have a choice of sharing options for your Google Slides presentation. It can be private, you can
share it with a few people, or you can share it publicly on the web. You can also change the editing
rights for the presentation.
If others are also working on a Google Slides presentation, you can chat, leave comments, and work
simultaneously on the presentation.
Your work is automatically saved as you work on your presentation.
You can directly access Google search from your presentation.
Hyperlink tool can be used to create a link to go from your current slide to another slide.
You can add real-time automatic captions when you present in Google Slides.
You can embed Google Slides presentations in blogs and websites.
Creating a New Presentation
Perform the following steps to create a new presentation by using the Google Slides:
Step 1: Click on the Google apps button. A drop-down menu appears.
Step 2: Click on the Slides icon from the drop-down menu. The Start a new presentation page
opens.
Step 3: Click on the Blank presentation template. A new presentation opens in a new tab or window.
Tech Hint
To change themes on
Google slides: click on the
Import theme button
at the bottom of the
Themes pane.
Google Slides
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