Learn the differences between Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides and get best practices for collaboration at work or school.
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15 minutes
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Comparison at a glance
- On a computer, go to Google Drive , Docs , Sheets , Slides , or Vids .
- Click the file you want to share.
- Click Share.
Share your presentation with PowerPoint users
- From a presentation, click File Email as attachment.
- Under Attach as, choose the format (PowerPoint or PDF).
- Enter the email address, subject, and message.
- Click Send.
When you share a presentation, depending on their access, collaborators can edit presentations, add comments, and assign tasks.
- On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
- Highlight the text, images, cells, or slides you want to comment on.
- To add a comment, in the toolbar, click Add comment
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- Type your comment.
- Click Comment.
- In Drive , open your file.
- Click File Version history See 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.
- In Drive
, double-click a PowerPoint file.
A preview of your file opens.
- At the top, click Open with Google Slides.
Any changes you make are saved to the original Microsoft Office file.
- Install the Google Docs Offline extension .
- In Drive , click Settings Settings.
- In the Offlinesection, check the Create, open and edit your recent Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files on this device while offlinebox.
- 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 .
You can drag and drop images from your computer into your presentation. Or, click Insert Imageand choose an image from Google Drive, Google Photos, the web, and more.
For more details, see Add and edit images .
- 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 you want to add, then click Select.
- Click the chart you want to add.
- If you don't want the chart linked to the spreadsheet, uncheck "Link to spreadsheet."
- Click Import.
* Note: The instructions in this guide are primarily web only. Get switching information for mobile devices .
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