Create and save a presentation NEXT: CREATE A PRESENTATION FROM A TEMPLATE To create a new presentation, Documents List, click

the red Create button, and select Presentation from the drop-down menu. As soon as you name the document or start typing, Google Docs will automatically save your work every few seconds. At the top of the document, you'll see text that indicates when your document was last saved. You can access your document at any time by opening your Documents List at http://docs.google.com. To save a copy of a presentation to your computer, you can download it. In your document, go to the File menu and point your mouse to the Download as option. Select one of the following file types: PNG, JPEG, SVG, PPTX, PDF, or TXT. Your presentation will download to your computer. ormat, resize, or move objects on a slide Google presentations gives you many ways to format text and objects on a slide. To get started, click the object you want to format, resize, or move.

To add custom formatting to text or an object, you can use the Format menu or the toolbar above the slide editing space.

To resize an object, click one of the resize handles surrounding it. Then, drag the box inward or outward until youre happy with the size. You can preserve the objects height or width by holding Shift while resizing the object.

To move an object, drag-and-drop it to another place on the slide. To turn on vertical and horizontal dragging guides, hold the Shift key while dragging an object. To nudge an object in one pixel increments, hold the Shift key while moving an object with the arrow keys.

To preserve an object's aspect ratio while resizing, hold the Shift key while resizing an object. To rotate an object 15 degrees at a time, hold the Shift key, click the small circle above an object, and drag your mouse clockwise or counter-clockwise.

You can also adjust the dimensions and alignment of an object. Select an object, then click the small yellow diamond in the middle. Dragging this diamond lets you edit the dimensions and proportions of the object. You can also click the circle connected to the top of the object to rotate it clockwise or counterclockwise. Modify multiple objects at once To select multiple objects, hold the Shift key while selecting each object or drag your mouse over all of the objects you'd like to select. To deselect one or more objects, press the Shift key and click the object(s). Multi-shape formatting only applies to objects in the new presentations editor. You can perform the following actions on all selected objects:

Move the objects with your mouse or the arrow keys Resize or arrange objects Copy and paste Delete

Themes, background images, and layouts are a good way for you to customize your presentation and tailor it to a particular audience. Themes To change or add a theme to your presentation, go to the Slide menu, and select Change theme. Select the theme youd like to use, and it will automatically be applied to all of the slides in your presentation.

Background images Background images let you customize your slides using an image thats saved to your computer. You can apply a background image to a single slide or to all of the slides in your presentation. To insert a background image in a slide, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. Select a slide. Go to the Slide menu, and select Background In the window that appears, click the option next to Background Image. On the Insert image dialog, click Choose file to select a custom image for your background. 5. In the window that appears, click Insert image. 6. Once you select an image, click the Upload button.

7. You'll go back to the Background dialog, where you can apply the background image to all of the slides in your presentation or add a background

color. 8. Click the Done button to finish. transitions and animations NEXT: ADD COLOR TO A PRESENTATION Animations are helpful way to make your slides look more dynamic. Theyre also a great way to reveal text or objects on a slide one step at a time. For example, you could have five bullet points of text, and reveal them one-by-one on the slide with each click. You can also make moving from one slide to the next a little more interesting with transitions. You can add or modify slide transitions and animations in the Animations pane. Heres how to enable the Animations pane: Go to the Slide menu and select Change transition. Go to the View menu and select Animations. Go to the Insert menu and select Animations. The Animations pane is split into two levels. At the top, youll see transition options. Use the drop-down menu to select a slide transition for the selected slide. Choose the option below the drop-down menu to apply this transition to all slides in the presentation. At the bottom, you can apply animations to text and objects.

Add color to a presentation NEXT: INSERT AN IMAGE To change the color of text and objects, select an object or multiple objects. Then, click the Text or Fill color icon in the toolbar. Select a color from the color picker.

Insert an image NEXT: INSERT A VIDEO Images are a good way to make your presentations more colorful. Here are five ways to insert an image into your presentation: Drag-and-drop an image from your computer directly into a slide. Upload an image thats saved to your computer. Enter the URL of a publicly available image from the Internet. Find an image through Google Image Search. Choose an image thats in one of your Picasa Web Albums.

Insert shapes, word art, and tables NEXT: VIEW A COMPLETED PRESENTATION In addition to adding images and videos to your presentation, you can add a variety of other objects into your slides. Here are some of your options:

Insert a shape into your slide to create an organizational chart or add a call-out. Add a table to show data and comparisons. Insert word art to add some flair to titles and text. View a completed presentation NEXT: SHARE A PRESENTATION

To show a finished presentation, select Start presentation in the top right of the screen.

A new window opens, displaying your presentation one slide at a time. To skip from one slide to the next, use the arrow keys on your keyboard or click the arrow icon in the gray bar at the bottom of your presentation. To close the presentation viewer, press the Esc key. In the new version of Google presentations, you can also access additional presentations options in the the toolbar at the bottom of the presentation window. Here, you can select slides to present from a list, open speaker notes, print the presentation, or download it in PDF or PPTX format.

Publish a presentation to the web Publish your presentation to make it available to more people. You choose who can access your presentation by sharing the URL you'll get when you publish it. If you use Google Apps, your administrator can prevent published docs from being shared outside of your domain. If you'd like to have this setting changed, you'll need to contact your administrator directly. To publish a presentation, follow these steps: 1. Open the presentation you'd like to publish, and go to the File menu. 2. Select Publish to the Web.... 3. Click the Start publishing button. 4. Share this link with those you'd like to give access to the presentation. Your presentation will be accessible from this URL until you delete or unpublish the presentation. To unpublish it, go back to the File menu and select Publish to the Web.... Then, click the Stop publishing button.