Creating a presentation in Google Docs

Pt. 8 of 10 | 2:30 |

Google Docs 101

Wednesday March 17, 2010

Molly McDonald continues our

video tutorial on using Google Docs

with a look at

creating a PowerPoint style presentation in Google Docs

. Once again showing it can be a viable

free alternative to Microsoft Office

, Google Docs lets you create attractive slideshow presentations.

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Show Notes

- Click on Create New and then select presentation.

- You'll first be shown the first slide of your presentation and you can click on the canvas to add a title and subtitle.

- When you're ready to add your next slide click on the plus icon and you'll see a new blank canvas and you can add more text and or images.

- You can duplicate a slide by first selecting it from the left side and then on the double page icon.

- You can invite someone to view the presentation with you by clicking on "View Together" and then you can send the URL out to whoever you want to view the presentation with and you can chat back and forth.

- You can choose to share it by using one of the share options on the right and you can also download it as a PDF, PowerPoint, or text document.

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