{"id":219,"date":"2022-04-04T15:56:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/chapter\/introduction-to-using-google-slides\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T15:56:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:56:32","slug":"introduction-to-using-google-slides","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/chapter\/introduction-to-using-google-slides\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Using Google Slides","rendered":"Introduction to Using Google Slides"},"content":{"raw":"\n<h2>What you'll learn to do:&nbsp;Create a presentation using Google Slides<\/h2>\nGoogle Slides is a free program that\u2019s part of Google\u2019s suite of web-based applications, including Google Docs (word processing), Sheets (spreadsheets), Slides (presentations) and Forms (collecting &amp; organizing information). What\u2019s particularly powerful about Google Slides is that you can create, edit, collaborate and present seamlessly across operating systems and without potential file compatibility or corruption issues, managing flash drives or figuring out connector cables. Using a web-based program also eliminates the risk of transferring a virus.\n\nIt is also fairly easy to move a presentation from PowerPoint to Google Slides and back again, though you may lose some formatting in the process. If you do move a presentation, page through to make sure the slides still look the way you want them to. However, all the content should convert just fine.&nbsp;If you are used to PowerPoint and find yourself needing to use Google Slides (or vice versa), fear not! The commands and procedures are pretty similar between the two of them, and if you get stuck, there are lots of good online resources to answer your questions.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_2793\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2793 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2785\/2018\/02\/05191737\/8.3.2-1024x480.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the launch screen for Google slides. The page reads &quot;Get to your presentations anywhere, anytime. Access, create, and edit your presentation wherever you go- from your phone, tablet, or computer- even when there's no connection. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\"> Figure 1.[\/caption]\n\nFor an overview of Google Slides capabilities, scroll down through the front pages on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/slides\/about\/#start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Slides website<\/a>.\n\nTo highlight a few key features and benefits:\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universal access, from your phone, tablet or computer<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for both Android and iPhone\/iPad (Google Slides apps)<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share your presentation with options for to restrict\/enable viewing, commenting and editing<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Auto-save<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEmbedded in Google Slides are a variety of presentation themes and templates, hundreds of fonts and support for text, images and video. You can search Google Slides template gallery for perspective or a jump start to creating your presentation. Let\u2019s jump right in!\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2><div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1DwIoLqEviSCRSAnbmMjLJ9ixJEBPvYfUqrOodWgcp-0\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a>\n","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do:&nbsp;Create a presentation using Google Slides<\/h2>\n<p>Google Slides is a free program that\u2019s part of Google\u2019s suite of web-based applications, including Google Docs (word processing), Sheets (spreadsheets), Slides (presentations) and Forms (collecting &amp; organizing information). What\u2019s particularly powerful about Google Slides is that you can create, edit, collaborate and present seamlessly across operating systems and without potential file compatibility or corruption issues, managing flash drives or figuring out connector cables. Using a web-based program also eliminates the risk of transferring a virus.<\/p>\n<p>It is also fairly easy to move a presentation from PowerPoint to Google Slides and back again, though you may lose some formatting in the process. If you do move a presentation, page through to make sure the slides still look the way you want them to. However, all the content should convert just fine.&nbsp;If you are used to PowerPoint and find yourself needing to use Google Slides (or vice versa), fear not! The commands and procedures are pretty similar between the two of them, and if you get stuck, there are lots of good online resources to answer your questions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2793\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2793\" class=\"wp-image-2793 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2785\/2018\/02\/05191737\/8.3.2-1024x480.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the launch screen for Google slides. The page reads &quot;Get to your presentations anywhere, anytime. Access, create, and edit your presentation wherever you go- from your phone, tablet, or computer- even when there's no connection.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For an overview of Google Slides capabilities, scroll down through the front pages on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/slides\/about\/#start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Slides website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To highlight a few key features and benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universal access, from your phone, tablet or computer<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for both Android and iPhone\/iPad (Google Slides apps)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share your presentation with options for to restrict\/enable viewing, commenting and editing<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Auto-save<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Embedded in Google Slides are a variety of presentation themes and templates, hundreds of fonts and support for text, images and video. 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We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1DwIoLqEviSCRSAnbmMjLJ9ixJEBPvYfUqrOodWgcp-0\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-219\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Using Google Slides. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Nina Burokas. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":395986,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Introduction to Using Google Slides\",\"author\":\"Nina Burokas\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"5fd23f3d-d976-48f5-8f43-a7a3b0f758b5","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-219","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":211,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/219\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/211"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/219\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}