Google Presentations allows users to easily create and share online presentations. The summary provides an overview of key features: 1. Users can open Google Presentations by navigating to Google.com and selecting "Create > Presentation". 2. Presentations can be customized with themes and slide content. Users can add notes to slides and collaborate in groups. 3. The sharing features allow adding other users to view, comment on, or edit the presentation. Users can also chat and send emails about the presentation. 4. Revision history shows past edits and allows reverting to previous versions. This provides an overview of the main navigation and collaboration tools in Google Presentations.

1. NAVIGATING AROUND GOOGLE DOCS
PRESENTATIONS
A Beginners Guide
Audrianna Young

2. Google
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Google has engineered a new way to easily
create, share, and edit different types of documents
online. This presentation will give a general overview
of Google Presentations within Google Documents.

3. OPENING GOOGLE DOCUMENTS 1. Navigate to Google.com
2. Across the top of the
screen find a link to
Image 1 Google Documents
(Image 1)
3. If required: Log into
Google
4. On the left side of the
screen choose CREATE >
Presentation
(Image 2)
5. A new Presentation will be
created. You will now
begin to customize your
Presentation.
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4. CUSTOMIZING YOUR PRESENTATION 1. Choose a theme for your
Presentation. (Image 1)
2. Here you can change the
title of the presentation.
(Image 2)
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Notes:
• Clicking the makes the
Presentation a favorite in
Google Documents
• Clicking the
organizes where the
Presentation is kept
Image 2

5. NAVIGATING AROUND YOUR PRESENTATION 1. Main toolbar
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3. Presentation toolbar
(Reference 3)
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4. View Comments
(Reference 4)
5. Share toolbar
(Reference 5)
6. Insert New Slide
(Reference 6)
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6. GROUP FEATURES With the group features the
Owner is now able to:
• Add members of a group
to the Presentation
• Give others the power to
Can Edit edit, view, or just comment
on the Presentation
• Send group emails
• Chat with group members
currently editing the
Can View Can Edit Presentation
Owner • View the Revision History
and go back to previous
versions
Can
Can View
Comment

7. ADDING PEOPLE TO A PRESENTATION 1. Click on the Share button
in the top right corner of
the screen. (Image 1)
Image 1 2. The Sharing Settings
window opens. (Image 2)
3. Type the email of the
person you want to add to
Image 2 the group.
4. Choose what type of
power you want that
person to have. (i.e. Can
Edit, Can Comment, Can
View)
5. Click Share & Save
Notes:
• Google Documents lets
you Choose from contacts
in your account to quickly
add people
• Choose “Send a copy to
myself” to send an email
copy to yourself for
reference

8. GIVING OTHERS POWER TO EDIT 1. Click on the Share button in
the top right corner of the
screen. (Image 1)
2. The Sharing Settings
Image 1
window opens. (Image 2)
3. Now the added people are
shown. Click the dropdown
next to the person to change
Image 2 their settings.
Notes:
• Is Owner gives the person
full ownership over the
Presentation. It is possible to
have more than one owner.
• Can Edit gives the person
the ability to edit the
presentation.
• Can Comment gives the
person the ability to only
comment on the
Presentation without editing.
• Can view only lets the
person view the
Presentation without making
comments or editing.

9. SEND AN EMAIL TO THE GROUP 1. On the Main Toolbar click
File > Email
Collaborators…
Image 1 2. The Send Message
window pops up.
• Type the subject to the
email. (Reference 1)
• Type the message to the
recipients. (Reference 2)
• Choose to send a copy to
yourself or not.
(Reference 3)
• Choose the recipients
Image 2 from the group.
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10. CHAT WITH GROUP MEMBERS 1. In the top right hand of the
screen you can view the
other group members who
are actively editing the
Presentation.
2. Click on the arrow to open
Image 1 the group chat. (Image 1)
3. You can type in the chat
box back and for to
communicate with other
group members.
(Image 2)
Image 2

11. VIEW THE REVISION HISTORY 1. Across the top of the Main
Toolbar it shows when the
last edit was made and by
whom. (Image 1)
2. Click on this link to open
the Revision History.
3. In the Revision History
Image 1 pop up window you can
view the previous edits
and return to a previous
version by simply clicking
on the change. (Image 2)
Image 2

12. There are several other features available in
GOOGLE Presentations. Now that you know the
basics you can start your own group
Presentations and make managing documents
a lot simpler.