google slides is a free web-based
presentation program
we're going to show you how to create
and format a presentation
navigate google slides add media and
animations
and present and export your presentation
use the clickable sections below to skip
to different parts of this tutorial
in your google drive click new then
google slides
then blank presentation to create a
blank presentation
you can also type slides.new into the
address bar
from any web browser and hit enter to
automatically create
and open a new blank document
to rename your presentation click on
untitled presentation
and type in a new name
google slides comes pre-loaded with
different themes for slides
the theme sidebar appears on the right
side of your blank presentation
choose the theme you want from here
you'll be able to customize these if you
want
to choose your aspect ratio go to file
then page setup
your choices are standard 4x3
widescreen 16x9 widescreen 16x10
and custom
the left sidebar displays the slides
that you've made
and the body of the screen displays the
slide you're currently working on
click on the slide you want to edit from
the left sidebar to add text
click on the text and type
when selecting text new options appear
in the toolbar above
you can edit the appearance of the text
box such as the background color
and border the icons on the right side
let you edit the appearance of the text
itself such as typeface
font size color and styles
like bold underline and italic
click and drag text boxes to resize them
or move them around the screen
to add new slides click the plus button
on the upper left side of the screen
delete slides by selecting the slide and
clicking edit
delete
if you want a media slide as opposed to
a text slide you may want to choose a
different layout for it
do this by clicking the arrow button
next to the plus button
and selecting a different layout for the
slide
to add an image click the image button
in the toolbar
or go to insert image
click on the image you want and press
select if from archives or stock images
or click open if it's from the upload
option
now the image will be added to your
slide and can be moved and resized to
your liking
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add a transition by clicking on the
transition button in the toolbar
an animation sidebar will appear the
slide menu controls animations between
slides
there are six transition options
available pick one from the drop down
menu
then choose the transition speed using
the slow file slider beneath the drop
down menu
easily apply transitions between all
slides by clicking the apply to all
slides button
in the animation sidebar individual
objects on slides can be animated too
select an object on the slide by
clicking on it then press select an
object to animate
in the animation sidebar animations may
be toggled manually
by selecting the on click option or you
can set animations to start
automatically
by selecting the after previous or with
previous options
to preview your animations press play
now that you've finished the
presentation click the present button to
show off what you've got
to export your presentation as a dot
pptx file
click file then download as then
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