This document provides instructions for creating and editing slide show presentations using Google docs. It outlines how to add and delete slides, change slide backgrounds and order, play slide shows, print slides with and without notes, edit text, check spelling, insert images and tables, create charts and organizational charts, and publish the finished slide show online.
2. Create new slide show presentations
Go to Google docs and click on the create new button in the
top left corner and then click presentation.
3. Add slides
Click on the button on the left side of the tool bar that has
the box with the + sign in it.
4. Change/ add slide backgrounds
Right click on the slide and click on change background.
5. Delete slides
Click on the slide you want to delete and then click the
button on the left of the toolbar with the box with an x in
it.
6. Change the order of slides in a
show
To change the order of the slides you must click on the
slide and then drag it in front of the one that you want it to
be in front of.
7. Play slide shows
Click on the button that says Start Presentation in the top
right corner of the screen.
8. Print slides without background
Select the slide you want and click on the printer button on
the toolbar.
10. Print handouts with speaker notes
Type the speaker notes and then print them using the print
button on the toolbar.
11. Edit text in a slide
Highlight the text and type over top of it. or use the text
box button on the toolbar.
12. Spell check a slide show
If you spell a word wrong the program will make a red line
under it and you can right click to fix it.
13. Inserting an image into a slide
Copy the image and paste it or click on the button on the
upper toolbar that says insert an image into the current
slide. (it looks like it is a picture of a mountain)
14. Creating a bullet list in a slide
Click on the button on the toolbar that has the bullets on it.
15. Change bullet styles in a list
The two styles are bullets or numbered bullets they are on
the toolbar.
16. Create a table
Click on the table button on the toolbar and pick the size
you need.
17. Create charts in the program
Click edit. Select the cells you want in the chart...and you
have a chart.
18. Create an organizational chart
Highlight cells you entered in step one. go to insert gadget.
in the add gadget window click orginizational link. click the
add to your spreadsheet button beneath orginization chart.
19. Upload files to Google docs
Click share and then publish and it will upload it for others
to see.
20. Publish a slide show to the internet
Click on the share button on the top right corner of the
screen and click publish in the dropdown arrow.
