Presentations


 * __ In the Classroom __**

Developing your slide presentations online in Google Docs makes it easy to share and work concurrently on slides with others. With the ability to add drawings, images, and video, you can use presentations for a variety of projects.

Some examples of how teachers can use online presentations: Some examples of how students can use online presentations:
 * Showcase student work on a class website with embedded presentations
 * Create templates that outline specific topics for student presentations
 * Publish “how-to” presentations with screenshots and videos
 * Design certificates to print or to send virtually
 * Create a slideshow with pictures for a class project
 * Collaborate easily for group presentations
 * Storyboard videos, comic strips, written assignments

Try it...
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fkz0jC44W6YA0OyGFFaNgbgF0iKCmCjNAHXJhtpgfLU/edit

Overview
With Google presentations, you can easily create, share, and edit online presentations. Here are some things you can do: The new version of presentations also allows you to collaborate with others to build a compelling story that captivates your audience. Creating presentations together is easy because you can:
 * Share presentations with your friends and coworkers.
 * Upload and convert existing presentations to Google Docs format.
 * Download your presentations as a .pdf, a .pptx, or a .txt file.
 * Insert images and videos, and format your slides.
 * Publish and embed your presentations in a website, allowing access to a wide audience.
 * Draw organizational charts, flowcharts, design diagrams and much more right within a presentation.
 * Add slide transitions, animations, and themes to create show-stopping presentations.
 * See exactly what others are working on with colorful presence markers
 * Edit a presentation with other people simultaneously from different locations
 * Use revision history to see who made changes or to revert to earlier versions
 * Say hello, start a conversation or share new ideas using built-in chat

Create and save a presentation
There are different ways of getting started using Google presentations: you can create a new online presentation, you can upload an existing one, or you can use a template from our templates gallery. To create a new presentation, go to your [|Documents List], click the red **Create** button, and select **Presentation** from the drop-down menu. As soon as you name the document or start typing, Google Docs will automatically save your work every few seconds. At the top of the document, you'll see text that indicates when your document was last saved. You can access your document at any time by opening your Documents List at http://docs.google.com.

To save a copy of a presentation to your computer, you can download it. In your document, go to the **File** menu and point your mouse to the **Download as** option. Select one of the following file types: PNG, JPEG, SVG, PPTX, PDF, or TXT. Your presentation will download to your computer.

Create a presentation from a template
If you want to quickly create a presentation, you can pick one of the templates in our [|templates gallery]. Each template has standard text that you can replace with your own, and preset design styles that you can use for your presentation. You can also create a presentation from a template directly from your Documents List. Click the red **Create** button and select **From template...**.

Upload a presentation
You can upload existing presentations to Google Docs at any time. When you're uploading, you can either keep your document in its original file type or convert it to Google Docs format. Converting your document to Google Docs format allows you to edit and collaborate online from any computer. You can upload the following file types: Follow these steps to upload a presentation:
 * .ppt
 * .pptx
 * .pps
 * 1) Click the **Upload** icon in the top left of your Documents List.
 * 2) Click **Files...**, and select the document you'd like to upload.
 * 3) Click **Open**.
 * 4) Check the box next to 'Convert documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and drawings to the corresponding Google Docs format' if you'd like to be able to edit and collaborate on the presentation online. Uploaded document files that are converted to Google documents format can't be larger than 1 MB.
 * 5) Click **Start upload**. The uploaded file will appear in your Documents List.

Format, resize, or move objects on a slide
Google presentations gives you many ways to format text and objects on a slide. To get started, click the object you want to format, resize, or move. You can also adjust the dimensions and alignment of an object. Select an object, then click the small yellow diamond in the middle. Dragging this diamond lets you edit the dimensions and proportions of the object. You can also click the circle connected to the top of the object to rotate it clockwise or counterclockwise.
 * To add custom formatting to text or an object, you can use the **Format**menu or the toolbar above the slide editing space.[[image:https://www.google.com/help/hc/images/docs/docs_1696586_format_toolbar_en.gif caption="toolbar"]]
 * To resize an object, click one of the resize handles surrounding it. Then, drag the box inward or outward until you’re happy with the size. You can preserve the object’s height or width by holding **Shift**while resizing the object.[[image:https://www.google.com/help/hc/images/docs/docs_1696586_diamond_tool_en.gif caption="diamond tool"]]
 * To move an object, drag-and-drop it to another place on the slide.
 * To turn on vertical and horizontal dragging guides, hold the **Shift** key while dragging an object.
 * To nudge an object in one pixel increments, hold the **Shift** key while moving an object with the arrow keys.
 * To preserve an object's aspect ratio while resizing, hold the **Shift** key while resizing an object.
 * To rotate an object 15 degrees at a time, hold the **Shift** key, click the small circle above an object, and drag your mouse clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Modify multiple objects at once
To select multiple objects, hold the **Shift** key while selecting each object or drag your mouse over all of the objects you'd like to select. To deselect one or more objects, press the **Shift** key and click the object(s). Multi-shape formatting only applies to objects in the new presentations editor. You can perform the following actions on all selected objects:
 * Move the objects with your mouse or the arrow keys
 * [|Resize or arrange objects]
 * Copy and paste
 * Delete

Add a theme or background image
Themes, background images, and layouts are a good way for you to customize your presentation and tailor it to a particular audience.

Themes
To change or add a theme to your presentation, go to the **Slide** menu, and select **Change theme**. Select the theme you’d like to use, and it will automatically be applied to all of the slides in your presentation.

Background images
Background images let you customize your slides using an image that’s saved to your computer. You can apply a background image to a single slide or to all of the slides in your presentation. To insert a background image in a slide, follow these steps:
 * 1) Select a slide.
 * 2) Go to the **Slide** menu, and select **Background**
 * 3) In the window that appears, click the **…** option next to **Background Image**.
 * 4) On the **Insert image** dialog, click **Choose file** to select a custom image for your background.
 * 5) In the window that appears, click **Insert image**.
 * 6) Once you select an image, click the **Upload** button.
 * 7) You'll go back to the **Background** dialog, where you can apply the background image to all of the slides in your presentation or add a background color. [[image:https://www.google.com/help/hc/images/docs/docs_1694986_background_dialog_en.gif caption="background dialog"]]
 * 8) Click the **Done** button to finish.

Add transitions and animations
Animations are helpful way to make your slides look more dynamic. They’re also a great way to reveal text or objects on a slide one step at a time. For example, you could have five bullet points of text, and reveal them one-by-one on the slide with each click. You can also make moving from one slide to the next a little more interesting with transitions. You can add or modify slide transitions and animations in the Animations pane. Here’s how to enable the Animations pane: The **Animations** pane is split into two levels. At the top, you’ll see transition options. Use the drop-down menu to select a slide transition for the selected slide. Choose the option below the drop-down menu to apply this transition to all slides in the presentation. At the bottom, you can apply [|animations] to text and objects.
 * Go to the **Slide** menu and select **Change transition**.
 * Go to the **View** menu and select **Animations**.
 * Go to the **Insert** menu and select **Animations**.

Add color to a presentation
To change the color of text and objects, select an object or multiple objects. Then, click the **Text** or **Fill color** icon in the toolbar. Select a color from the color picker. You can also create custom colors for text or objects. When the color picker is open, select **Custom...** (**Add a color** in the old version of presentations) or select one of the blank custom color boxes. Here, you can choose a custom color, add a color by name, or insert a hex value.

Insert an image
Images are a good way to make your presentations more colorful. Here are five ways to insert an image into your presentation: Before using an image from the Internet, make sure that you have the rights to use that image. Inserted images must be in .PNG, .JPEG, .WMF or .GIF (no animated GIFs) file formats. They can have a maximum of 2000 pixels in dimension and a maximum of 2MB in size. Here’s how to insert an image in your presentation: To move the image to another place on the slide, just drag-and-drop it. To resize the image, use the white resize handles surrounding the image.
 * **Drag-and-drop** an image from your computer directly into a slide.
 * **Upload an image that’s saved to your computer.**
 * **Enter the** URL **of a publicly available image from the Internet.**
 * **Find an image through** Google Image Search**.**
 * **Choose an image that’s in one of your** Picasa Web Albums.
 * 1) Click the Insert image icon in your presentation toolbar, to the right of the T text icon. Alternatively, you can go to the Insert menu, and select Image.
 * 2) Choose one of the four options to insert an image, and choose a file, enter a URL, or do a search.
 * 3) Once you’ve selected an image, click Upload or Select.
 * 4) The image will be inserted into the selected slide.

Insert a video
You can add a video from YouTube into your presentation. Here’s how: The video will appear in your presentation. Once you’ve started playing a video, you can maximize it to the full size of a slide by clicking the full screen icon at the bottom right of the video.
 * 1) Go to the **Insert** menu and select **Video**.
 * 2) Then, search for a video you'd like to insert or enter a URL from YouTube.
 * 3) After you've selected a video, check the box next to the video's thumbnail and click **Insert Video**.

Insert shapes, word art, and tables
In addition to adding images and videos to your presentation, you can add a variety of other objects into your slides. Here are some of your options:
 * Insert a [|shape] into your slide to create an organizational chart or add a call-out.
 * Add a [|table] to show data and comparisons.
 * Insert [|word art] to add some flair to titles and text.

View a completed presentation
To show a finished presentation, select **Start presentation** in the top right of the screen. A new window opens, displaying your presentation one slide at a time. To skip from one slide to the next, use the arrow keys on your keyboard or click the arrow icon in the gray bar at the bottom of your presentation. To close the presentation viewer, press the **Esc** key. In the new version of Google presentations, you can also access additional presentations options in the the toolbar at the bottom of the presentation window. Here, you can select slides to present from a list, open speaker notes, print the presentation, or download it in PDF or PPTX format.

Share a presentation
Now that you've created your Google presentation, you can share it with your friends, family, or coworkers. You can do this from your Documents List or directly from the document. Then, follow these instructions: In the 'Sharing settings' dialog, you can also see who has access to your presentation, change the level of access people have, [|remove editors, commenters, and viewers], and [|change your document's visibility option].
 * From the [|Documents List], select the presentation you want to share (you can also select multiple documents), and go to the **More** drop-down menu. Then, point your mouse to **Share...** and select **Share...**.
 * From your document, click the blue **Share** button in the top right of the window.
 * 1) Under 'Add people,' type the email addresses of people you want to share your presentation with. You can add a single person or [|a mailing list].
 * 2) To the right of the list of names, select 'Can view,' 'Can edit,' or 'Can comment' from the drop-down menu.
 * 3) If you'd like to add a message to your invitation, click **Add message** and enter some text.
 * 4) Click **Share & save**. To skip sending an invitation, deselect the option 'Send email notifications (recommended).' Your collaborators and viewers will still be able to access the document from their Documents List, but won't receive an email invitation.

Embed a presentation in a website
Here's how you can embed a presentation in a blog or website: Once you've embedded a presentation, others will be able to access the code and embed this presentation on additional sites by clicking the **Menu** button at the bottom-right of the embedded presentation.
 * 1) Open the presentation you'd like to publish, and go to the **File** menu.
 * 2) Select **Publish to the Web...**.
 * 3) Click the **Start publishing** button.
 * 4) Click the **Select presentation size** drop-down menu to choose the size of your embedded presentation.
 * 5) Copy and paste the code that appears into your website to embed it.

Publish a presentation to the web
Publish your presentation to make it available to more people. You choose who can access your presentation by sharing the URL you'll get when you publish it. If you use Google Apps, your administrator can prevent published docs from being shared outside of your domain. If you'd like to have this setting changed, you'll need to contact your administrator directly. To publish a presentation, follow these steps: Your presentation will be accessible from this URL until you delete or unpublish the presentation. To unpublish it, go back to the **File** menu and select **Publish to the Web...**. Then, click the **Stop publishing** button.
 * 1) Open the presentation you'd like to publish, and go to the **File** menu.
 * 2) Select **Publish to the Web...**.
 * 3) Click the **Start publishing** button.
 * 4) Share this link with those you'd like to give access to the presentation.