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OLDER ADULTS HOMEPAGE

1. What is Google Slides?

Slides Basics

Bonus Resources

GOOGLE SLIDES CHEATSHEET

ORGANIZING GOOGLE DRIVE FILES

2. Getting Started with Slides

Start Your Presentation

Google Slides lets you create engaging presentations with features like animation, narration, images, and videos. In this lesson, you'll explore the Google Slides interface and learn how to set up your presentation using the menu, toolbars, zoom options, and themes.

GCF TUTORIAL: GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION

3. Adding, Deleting, and Formatting Slides

The Basics of Google Slides

A Google Slides presentation is made up of a sequence of individual slides. To start building your slideshow, it's important to understand how to insert new slides, change slide layouts, and organize your slides effectively.

GCF TUTORIAL: SLIDES BASICS

4. Changing the Size of Your Slides

Changing the Size of Your Slides

You might want to change the size of your Google Slides to better fit the format or purpose of your presentation. For example, many people use Google Slides to create flyers, posters, or social media graphics instead of a standard slideshow. Adjusting the slide size also ensures your content displays correctly on different screens or when printed.

GOOGLE HELP: CHANGING THE SIZE OF SLIDES

5. Formatting Text in Google Slides

Changing How Fonts Look

In this GCF Tutorial, you'll learn how to cut, copy, paste, and format text.

GCF TUTORIAL: FORMATTING TEXT

6. Inserting Images, Shapes, and Videos in Google Slides

Adding Pictures and Shapes to Slides

Including pictures and shapes can make your presentations more visually appealing and engaging. Google Slides offers tools to customize these elements by cropping, adjusting colors, changing their order, and applying various formatting options.

GCF TUTORIAL: ADDING PICTURES AND SHAPES

Inserting and Editing Videos

Inserting a video into Google Slides is a great way to engage your audience, and it is simple to add them to any presentation.

GCF TUTORIAL: INSERTING AND EDITING VIDEOS

How to Put an Image in a Shape

7. Adding Transitions & Animations to Slides

Creating Dynamic Presentations

You can make presentations more dynamic by adding animations to objects or transitions between slides. Google Slides makes it easy to apply effects like fades or motion to highlight key content and give your presentation a polished look.

GCF TUTORIAL: ADDING TRANSITIONS AND ANIMATIONS

8. Presenting Your Slideshow Presentation

Presenting Your Slideshow

After finishing your slideshow, it's important to know how to present it effectively to an audience. Practicing and learning to navigate your slides will help you deliver a smooth, engaging, and professional presentation.

GCF TUTORIAL: PRESENTING YOUR SLIDESHOW

9. Editing Your Slideshow & Layout

Inserting and Editing Diagrams

Google Slides offers a range of premade diagrams that are simple to add to your presentation. These fully customizable templates make it easy to present different types of information clearly and effectively.

GCF TUTORIAL: INSERTING & EDITING DIAGRAMS

10. Printing & Converting Slides to PDF format

Convert to .PDF

If you want to create a handout of a Google Slides presentation, you can either print a hard copy or export a PDF. In this GCF lesson, you'll learn how to do both options.

GCF TUTORIAL: PRINTING AND CREATING .PDFs