CREATING A

GOOGLE DRIVE

PRESENTATION

When we click Create, there will be different choices of which type of document we would like to create. In this lesson, we will be making presentations, so click on Presentation after clicking on Create.

To start creating a document in Google Drive we need to

click on Create found on the left side in the main menu.

CHOOSING

A THEME

Themes in Google Slides help give the presentation a bit of life. There are preset themes in Google Slides that we can choose from. To choose a theme for our presentation, simply create a new presentation by clicking on Create > Presentation.

We will be asked to choose from the preset themes of Google Slides. In the example, the Simple Light theme was chosen. If we wish for this pop-up to keep appearing every time we create a new presentation, see if the check box beside the words Show for new presentation is checked. If it is not, then this option will no longer appear when we create a new presentation.

INSERTING AND

DELETING SLIDES

To insert a new slide to the presentation, we need to go to the Menu bar and select Slide > New Slide. We can simply press the shortcut key CTRL + M or click on the slide where we want to place the new one then press Enter on our keyboard.

To delete a slide in a presentation, just follow this simple steps. Slide > Delete Slide or select a slide and click Delete in our keyboard.

CHOOSING A

SLIDE BACKGROUND

Title

To change the slide background, simply look to the Formatting Toolbar > Change Background which is to the left of Layouts.

Or from the Menu Bar > Slide > Change Background

There are two options with which we can change our background. They are Color and Image.

Color allows us to change the background to a solid color fill with a transparency effect or none. When we select the button beside Color, a color palette will appear showing us a list of available colors for use. The colors shown are preset and cannot be changed to hold another color. There is however a row of boxes below the word Custom which stores up to 10 recently used colors from the custom color function.

Or from the Menu Bar > Slide > Change Background

There are two options with which we can change our background. They are Color and Image.