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Share your presentation using SharePoint or OneDrive

Share your presentation from Slides

  1. From a presentation, click Share.
  2. Under People, enter the email address of the person or group you want to share with.
  3. Click Edit  and choose the access level.
  4. Click Send.

For more details, see Get started with Slides

Share your presentation with PowerPoint users

  1. From a presentation, click FileEmail as attachment.
  2. Under Attach as, choose the format (PowerPoint or PDF).
  3. Enter the email address, subject, and message.
  4. Click Send.

For more details, see Work with Microsoft Office files.

Collaborate in real-time in SharePoint or OneDrive

Collaborate in real-time in Slides

When you share a presentation, depending on their access, collaborators can edit presentations, add comments, and assign tasks.

  • To track changes, at the top right, click the Down arrow . From the menu, set the mode to Suggesting.
  • To add and assign a comment:
    1. Select the text you want to comment on.
    2. Click Add comment .
    3. To assign a comment to someone, enter + and the person’s email.
    4. Enter your comment, then click Comment.

Access version history in SharePoint or OneDrive

Access version history in Slides

  1. Select FileVersion historySee version history.
  2. Click a time stamp to see a previous version of the file.
  3. (Optional) Do any of the following:
    • To make a previous version the active version, at the top, click Restore this version.
    • To name a previous version, click More Name this version.
    • To make a copy of a previous version, click More Make a copy.

For more details, read See changes to your Drive files and folders.

Open a PowerPoint presentation

Open a PowerPoint presentation

  1. In Drive, double-click a PowerPoint file.

A preview of your file opens.

  1. At the top, click Open with Google Slides.

Any changes you make are saved to the original Microsoft Office file.

For more details, see Work with Microsoft Office files.

Access a presentation offline in OneDrive

Access a presentation offline in Drive

  1. Install the Google Docs Offline extension.
  2. In Drive, click Settings Settings.
  3. In the Offline section, check the Create, open and edit your recent Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files on this device while offline box.
  4. Click Done.
  5. Right-click a file and turn on Available offline.

To learn how to access files offline from your desktop or mobile, see Access stored Drive files without the internet.

Save a presentation automatically in SharePoint or OneDrive or turn on AutoRecover

Save a presentation automatically in Drive

Your presentation saves automatically in Drive as you work, so you don’t need to click Save.

Add images to your presentation

Add images to your presentation

You can drag and drop images from your computer into your presentation. Or, click InsertImage and choose an image from Google Drive, Google Photos, the web, and more.

For more details, see Add and edit images.

Add an Excel chart to your presentation

Add a Sheets chart to your presentation

  1. In Sheets, select the chart you want to copy.
  2. At the top right, click More Copy chart.
  3. In Slides, right-clickPaste
  4. Click Paste.

For more details, see Insert and edit charts.

*These instructions are primarily web only.