It’s now possible to create videos of a presentation in Slides which you can then easily share with a link with others. How to record a video presentation Open your Slides document and you will see in the top right-hand corner the recording (Rec) icon. Click on that to record a new video. Click “Record… Continue reading How to create video presentations in Slides
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How to annotate Google Slides
In this post, we’re going to look at the pen tool in Google Slides, which allows us to annotate them while we are presenting them. Annotate Google Slides From Google Slides, open the slideshow. Hover over the bottom left corner and a little menu will appear. Click on the 3-dot menu and select “Turn on… Continue reading How to annotate Google Slides
Summary of Google Workspace 2023 improvements (Part 2)
Following on from part 1, let’s take a look at my favourite improvements to Slides, Chat, Meet, Calendar, Classroom, and Gmail. Slides Presentable video recordings This allows for videos to be recorded of Slides content and then shared. This saves having to use 3rd party apps. The rollout for this has been delayed and should be… Continue reading Summary of Google Workspace 2023 improvements (Part 2)
Learn useful Google URL tricks to make your online easier
In this post, we’re going to look at several useful Google URL tricks which allow us to quickly do a whole range of things, like quickly create documents, provide links to copy master templates, and from a link automatically download a PDF version of a document, and many more. We’re going to look at….. Useful… Continue reading Learn useful Google URL tricks to make your online easier
How to split Google Slides automatically
In this post, we’re going to see how to split Google Slides automatically into separate files with Apps Script. Problem and solution The reason I wrote this script was to resolve a problem at work, where we have an admin system that produces a document with the certificates for the students that are going to… Continue reading How to split Google Slides automatically
Google Slides (27) – Master slides and themes
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Google Slides – Word art & Gradient fill
If you want to make some dramatic looking text, Word art can be a better option than using a normal text box. So, what’s the difference between the two? With Word art, the text is treated like an image allowing to change the size without being limited to font sizes. It also allows you to… Continue reading Google Slides – Word art & Gradient fill
Google Slides (25) – Importing slides
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ custom_margin=”-100px|||”] There are times when you want to import a few slides from a presentation that you or someone else has previously made. You could make a copy of the presentation and delete the slides you didn’t want but a… Continue reading Google Slides (25) – Importing slides
Google Slides (24) – Adding video
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ custom_margin=”-100px|||”] Updated – Now includes adding videos from your Drive. Video can brighten up any presentation and it’s easy to add YouTube videos and videos stored on Google Drive into your slides. Here’s how: Inserting a YouTube video Go… Continue reading Google Slides (24) – Adding video
Google Slides (23) – Leaving & replying to Comments
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ custom_margin=”-100px|||”] One of the great things that Slides allows you to do is collaborate together on a set of Slides. Quite often you want to leave comments to your collaborators to make comments on what they’ve done or ask… Continue reading Google Slides (23) – Leaving & replying to Comments