GETTING STARTED WITH

GOOGLE SLIDES
Rommel I. Carreon
 What is Google Slides?

◦ is a presentations programs provided by Google where you can create and show slides in visual form
to support a presentation of your work.
◦ can be used to create professional presentations by combining various text effects, graphics, and
multimedia content available as features in google slides. Learning to present slides improves your
employability as it is also one of the most useful presentation software.
◦ is a Google Docs and Drive Productivity Suite presentation editor. It is a type of collaborative
software and provides real-time coordination
facilities and different opportunities to exchange presentations.
◦ The main competitors of google slides are windows Powerpoint of Microsoft and Apply Keynotes of
Apple.
 How to start?
Step 1. Get Started Using Google Slides
◦ Google Slides is Google's flagship presentation app that lives inside the browser as a part of 
Google Drive. Basically, think of Slides as Google Doc's presentation tool. It's completely free—the
only requirement to use is to have a Google account. 
◦ Due to being a free web app, Google Slides isn't as full featured as desktop apps like Microsoft
PowerPoint and Keynote. But it makes up for a lack of aesthetic features by boasting very strong
collaboration features—if not the best. 
◦ The learning curve for Google Slides is also much lower than that of a full-featured desktop app.
That's because it hosts the most essential of features and gets rid of most of the fluff. 
Step 2. Create a New Presentation in Google Slides
◦ Once you've signed into your Google Account, head to Google Drive. There, create a Google
presentation by clicking New > Google Slides > Blank Presentation. You'll be redirected to a
new page with a blank presentation.
1. Format a Google Slides Presentation
◦ The first step in creating a new presentation is configuring how it looks. So, let's take a look at
the Themes sidebar that pops up upon creating a presentation.
◦ Google Slides comes preloaded with different themes for slides. While most of them aren't as
aesthetically pleasing as those found in desktop apps—especially those found in the latest
version of Keynote—they're functional. Plus, there's a good selection of many kinds of basic
Google presentation themes available.
◦ The Themes sidebar appears on the right side of your blank presentation. Use the scroll bar to
move through the various themes available.
◦ Moreover, you may upload an original theme to Google Slides by pressing the Import
theme button on the launcher. The Import theme window appears. Use a theme from a
previous presentation, drag a theme onto the Import theme window from your computer,
or Select a file from your computer.
◦ Google supports uploads up to 50MB in .ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .ppsx, .pot, .potx, .odp, and Google
Slides formats.
◦ Once you've selected the theme, determine the Google Slides aspect ratio of your slides.
From File > Page setup, there are the options of Standard 4:3, Widescreen
16:9, Widescreen 16:10, and Custom. 
◦ Select the aspect ratio that best fits the screen you'll be using when you present the Google
Docs slideshow. Typically, the standard Google Slides aspect ratio is best if the Google
presentation is being projected. The widescreen aspect ratio is best suited if you're presenting
with a computer or widescreen TV.
◦ I recommend renaming your presentation once you've decided on the initial theme. To do so,
click on Untitled presentation in the top left corner of the screen, and type in a new name.

Rename here
Step 3. Navigate Google Slides
◦ Google Slides works much like desktop presentation applications. The left sidebar of
Google Slides displays the slides that you've made, and the body of the screen displays the
slide you're currently working on.
◦ For our purposes, the first slide will be the title slide. To add a title, click where it says to and
type in the title of the Google presentation. You may also add a subtitle or leave it blank.
Fields left blank won't show in the final presentation, so you don't have to delete the extra
elements.
◦ When selecting text, new options appear in the toolbar above.

The icons on the center of the toolbar The icons on the right side allow for
allow for editing the appearance of the editing the appearance of the text itself,
text box, such as background color and a such as typeface, font size, color, and
border. styles like bold, underline, and italic.
1. Add & Delete Slides
◦ Once you're happy with the appearance of the title slide, you can add more to your
presentation. To add new slides, click the + button on the upper left side of the screen. This
creates a new slide with a Title and Body layout.
2. Add Text
◦ The new slide will be an information slide. Add a title that's relevant to the information that you'll put on
your slide.
◦ As for the body text, you'll want to do some more formatting. It's a presentation, after all, and long
paragraphs detract from the effectiveness of the body of the slide.

then click More to
Click the body text box
reveal more text
to reveal text options
options

This allows you to

create a bulleted
list.
 ◦ Given you haven't researched the topic the presentation is about, Google Slides has an in-app
researching tool accessible via Tools > Explore.

The Explore sidebar
allows you to Google
search in-app. You may
also filter the search to
only include material
from the Web, Images,
or Google Drive. 

Using the See all results on Google link at the

bottom of the sidebar sends you to a full Google
search window. Preview the links right from the
sidebar and insert links directly into the Google
presentation right from the sidebar itself.
◦ Given you haven't researched the topic the presentation is about, Google Slides has an in-app
researching tool accessible via Tools > Explore.

Presentation notes may be added in the

field at the bottom for easy access to more
information without cluttering your slides.
The next slide will be a slide with media elements. Since media will be added to this slide,
the default layout won't be the best fit.
For this slide, click the arrow button next to
the + button, and select a different layout for the
slide, most preferably one from the bottom row
◦ To add an image, click the Image button in the toolbar, or go to Insert > Image.
◦ Upload your own image from your hard drive, your Google+ account, or Google Drive. Take a
picture using a webcam. Or search Google, LIFE magazine photo archives, or stock photos in
the Insert image panel.
◦ To add an image, click the Image button in the toolbar, or go to Insert > Image.
◦ There are several ways to add images to your presentation. Upload your own image from your
hard drive, your Google+ account, or Google Drive. Take a picture using a webcam. Or search
Google, LIFE magazine photo archives, or stock photos in the Insert image panel.

Once you find the image you like, click

on it and press Select (from archives or
stock images). Or click Open (from the
Upload option) to insert it into the
Google presentation.
◦ There, the image may be resized and rotated to your liking.