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 preloaded
with different themes for slides.
The themes 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 4:3,
widescreen 16:9,
widescreen 16:10,
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.
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-fast 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 "Object Animations"
in the animations 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 .PPTX file,
click "File,"
then "Download as,"
then "Microsoft PowerPoint."