Google docs Presentations Help

Google docs is suite of online software that requires the use of a free Google account. Google Presentations is similar to Powerpoint and Keynote.

General Tips

• Using a black or gray background will display images to their best advantage

• Use good quality jpeg files for color depth and a small file size

• You can always adjust a large image to make it smaller on the slide, but you cannot make a small image larger

• Inserting media clips (video, audio) will increase your Presentation file size dramatically. Use links to media on the web or elsewhere on your computer instead

Google Presentations Basics

• From the Google docs Folder, click the Create new button and choose Presentation

• Go to Format > Presentation settings > Change theme and choose a theme with light text

• Go to Format > Presentation settings > Change background

• Use the paint bucket button to choose gray or black for the background and check the Apply background to all slides box Note: if you did not choose a theme with light text you will need to change the text color on each slide as you go

• Choose the Insert new slide button at the top left to make a new slide

• Choose Insert > Image and browse to a picture on your hard drive. Click ok

• Presentations are automatically saved as they are created by the text on the title slide. To rename the presentation go to File > Rename

• Play the presentation by going to View > Start presentation. You must be online to view the Presentation directly from Google docs

• To save a Presentation to your computer, go to File > Download As and choose the format you want

For more information, see:

Google Inc. "Docs Help: Google Presentations." Google Inc. https://docs.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=19431 (accessed September 23, 2011)