Share a presentation - Google Slides
- Sam Kardasz
Present your slides
To present a full-screen presentation in Google Slides
Open a presentation in Google Slides.
In the top right, click Slideshow. For best results, present with Google Chrome.
From the current slide, the presentation will become full screen. To change slides, use the arrow keys on your keyboard or click the arrows at the bottom of the presentation.
To exit full-screen, press the Esc key.
View a presentation with speaker notes
Open a presentation in Google Slides.
In the top right corner, next to Slideshow , click the Down arrow .
Click Presenter view.
Click Speaker notes.
Do other actions while you're presenting
When you present, you can choose more options from the toolbar at the bottom of the presentation window.
Select slides to present from a list
Open "Presenter" view
Turn on laser pointer
Print the presentation
Download the presentation in PDF or PPTX (PowerPoint) format
Share a presentation
Share a presentation with specific people
Note: Sharing options vary by group size:
Up to 100: You can let up to 100 people with view, edit, or comment permissions work on a Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides file at the same time.
100 or more: When 100 people or more are accessing a file, only the owner and some users with editing permissions can edit the file. To let more than 100 people view your file at the same time, publish it as a web page instead.
On your computer, go to Google Drive.
Select the file you want to share and choose Share.
Enter the email address you want to share with.
Decide how people can use your file. Select one:
Viewer
Commenter
Editor
When you share your file, each email address gets an email.
Optional: Add a message to your notification email.
If you don't want to notify people, uncheck the box.
Click Send or Share.
Learn more at the Google Drive Help Center
Share a link to a presentation
You can choose if your file should be available to anyone or restricted to only the people with access. If you allow access to anyone with the link, your folder won't restrict who can access it.
Select the file you want to share.
Click Share.
Under “General access”, click the Down arrow .
Choose who can access the file.
To decide what role people will have with your file, select Viewer, Commenter, or Editor.
Click Done.
Unshare a presentation
Stop sharing a presentation you own
Open or select the file or folder.
Click Share.
Find the person you want to stop sharing with.
To the right of their name, click the Down arrow and Remove access.
Click Save.
Remove a link to a presentation you own
Find the file or folder in Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, or Google Slides.
Open or select the file or folder.
Click Share or Share > Copy link .
Under “General access”, click the Down arrow.
Select Restricted.
Click Done.
Comment on a presentation
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 .
Type your comment.
Click Comment.
Chat with collaborators in a presentation
On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
At the top right, click Show chat . This feature won't be available if you're the only one in the file.
Enter your message in the chat box.
When you’re finished, at the top right of the chat window, click Close.
Tip: If there are many collaborators in the file, at the top right, to the right of the avatars, there will be a blue circle showing the number of additional collaborators. Click the blue circle > Join chat .
Note: All chats in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides include anyone viewing the file.
The chats aren't saved.
