Switching to Slides from Microsoft PowerPoint

In the past, you might have used the consumer version of Microsoft PowerPoint outside of work. Now that you have Google Slides, here are some tips to begin using it as your new presentation software. Get Slides: slides.google.com | Android app | iOS app

Note: Comparisons are based on Microsoft Office versions 2010, 2013 and 2016.

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In PowerPoint…	In Slides…
Share your presentation using SharePoint or OneDrive	Share your presentation from Slides On a computer, go to Google Drive, Docs, Sheets or Slides. Click the file that you want to share. Click Share . For more details, see Get started with Slides.  Share your presentation with PowerPoint users From a presentation, click FileEmail as attachment. Under Attach as, choose the format (PowerPoint or PDF). Enter the email address, subject and message. Click Send. For more details, see Work with Microsoft Office files.
Collaborate in real time from SharePoint or OneDrive	Collaborate in real time from Slides On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet or presentation. Highlight the text, images, cells or slides that you want to comment on. To add a comment, in the toolbar, click Add comment . Type your comment. Click Comment.
Access version history in SharePoint or OneDrive	Access version history in Slides In Drive, open your file. Click FileVersion historySee version history. Click a timestamp to see a previous version of the file. Below the timestamp, you’ll see: Names of people who edited the document. A color next to each person’s name. The edits they made appear in that color. (Optional) To revert to this version, click Restore this version. For more details, read See changes to your Drive files and folders.
Open a PowerPoint presentation	Open a PowerPoint presentation In Drive, double-click a PowerPoint file. A preview of your file will open. At the top, click Open with Google Slides. Any changes that 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 Install the Google Docs Offline extension. In Drive, click Settings Settings. In the Offline section, tick the Create, open and edit your recent Google files while offline box. Click Done. 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 On your computer, open a document or presentation in Google Docs or Google Slides. Click Insert Chart From Sheets. Click the spreadsheet with the chart that you want to add, then click Select. Click the chart that you want to add. If you don't want the chart linked to the spreadsheet, untick 'Link to spreadsheet'. Click Import. For more details, see Insert and edit charts.

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