Collaborate with Gemini in Google Slides

With Gemini in Google Slides, you can:

  • Create images.
  • Generate new slides.
  • Summarize a presentation.
  • Write or rewrite content.
  • Reference your Drive files or Gmail emails as you write or create a new slide.

Feature availability

  • This feature is available to users on work or school accounts through a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on, and to users on personal accounts through Google One AI Premium. Learn about Gemini features and plans.
  • This feature is also available as part of our early access testing program, Google Workspace Labs.

Get started with Gemini in Slides

An animation showing a user asking Gemini in Slides to create a slide to show the company's agenda

  1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
  3. In the side panel, select a suggested prompt or write your own prompt.Select a suggestion
    1. Select from the list of suggestions.
      • Tip: To get more options, select More suggestions.
    2. At the bottom, in the prompt box, replace the example text with the information that you want.
    3. Press Enter.
    Enter a prompt in Gemini
    1. At the bottom, in the prompt box, enter a prompt.
    2. Press Enter.
  4. Optional: To remove your history, click More options More and then Clear history.
    • Tip: To avoid losing your history, insert a suggestion into your presentation. You lose your conversation history when:
      • You refresh your browser.
      • You close and reopen the presentation.
      • Your computer goes offline.

Explore Gemini in Slides

Action Description
Ask Gemini Open Gemini
More options More Clear your recent Gemini history and ask for more suggestions
Expand Make Gemini larger
Collapse Return Gemini to its original size
Close Close Close Gemini
Clear history Remove all generated text and images you did not insert into the document yet
More suggestions Find more suggestions from Gemini
More image suggestions Find more image suggestions from Gemini
Insert Insert generated text into your slide
Insert image Insert a generated image into your slide
Insert slide Insert a generated slide into your presentation
Copy Copy a suggestion
Retry Generate a different response from Gemini
Preview Preview the full suggestion before you insert it
Retry with Google Search  Search on Google for more information about your question or request.
View more More View more of the response from Gemini
View less Minimize the response from Gemini
Good suggestion Give positive feedback about a response from Gemini
Bad suggestion Report an issue with a response from Gemini

Things to ask Gemini in Slides

Create images based on slide content with Gemini
  1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
  3. On the side panel, you can:
    • Create an image based on a selected slide: Enter “Create an image" or "Suggest images for this slide.”
    • Select a suggested prompt: The Gemini in the Slides side panel might suggest images based on the content on your slides.
    • Create your own prompt: For example, you can ask “Create an image of a dog with glasses.”
  4. Press Enter.
  5. To insert a specific image, hover over the image and click Insert .
    • Optional: To send feedback about the image, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
  6. You can also:
    • Edit the prompt: Click Edit Prompt .
    • Generate more images: At the bottom, click Generate more .
Generate a new slide with Gemini

You can use the Gemini in Slides side panel to generate a new slide.

  1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
    • Tip: New slides will be generated using your current theme.
  2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
  3. On the side panel, select a prompt or create your own. Reference files with @ to create slides using your documents from Google Drive.
    • Examples:
      • “Create a slide about how to optimally train for a marathon.”
      • “Create a slide about @ Company 2023 Goals deck.”
      • "Create a slide about doc @Core Team sync."
      • "Create a slide proposing ideas for engaging with our customers."
  4. From the generated slide, you can:
    • Get a different version: In the menu at the bottom of the slide, click Retry .
    • Add the slide to your presentation: In the menu at the bottom of the slide, click Insert .
    • Refine the generated slide: In the menu at the bottom of the slide, click Close Close. On the side panel, write a new prompt.
    • Send feedback: In the menu at the bottom of the slide, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
Summarize your presentation & write content with Gemini

When you open a presentation that has text, in the Gemini in the Slides side panel, you’ll find a summary of your presentation.

You can also use Gemini to generate text for your presentation.

  1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
  3. Enter a prompt:
    • Examples:
      • Summarize this presentation in 3 sentences.
      • Create a slide that celebrates a colleague's work anniversary.
  4. Press Enter.
  5. To add the suggested content to the presentation, click Insert .
  6. You can also:
    • Generate a new suggestion: Click Retry .
    • Send feedback: Click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
Reference Drive files or Gmail emails with Gemini

You can use Gemini to reference files from your Drive to generate responses in Slide.

  1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
  3. To reference a Drive file, enter a prompt with the file name:
    • Example:Create a slide outlining the next steps from @meeting notes and @core team sync."
  4. To reference your emails from Gmail, on the side panel, enter a prompt.
    • Example:Create a summary of @monthly review emails.
  5. To check which files were used, at the bottom of the response, click Sources.
  6. You can also:
    • Add the text to your presentation: Click Insert .
    • Get a different version: Click Retry .
    • Send feedback: Click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
Get help with Slides
  • “How do I start a Q&A while presenting?”
  • “What is the best way to share these slides with more than 100 people?”
Ask questions from the web

Important: To get answers from the web, make sure to include phrases like “Use Google Search” or “Using web search” in your prompt.

  • “Write a paragraph describing the weather today in Mountain View, California using web search.”
  • “Help me write a paragraph explaining if lightning can strike the same place twice using only information from the web.”

Give feedback on generated output

Gemini for Google Workspace is constantly learning and may not be able to support your request.

If you get a suggestion that’s inaccurate or that you feel is unsafe, you can let us know by submitting feedback.

  1. Below the generated content, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
  2. If you click Bad suggestion , you can select the issue you find and enter additional feedback.
  3. Click Submit.

To provide general feedback on this feature, at the top, go to Help and then Help Slides improve.

To report a legal issue, create a request.

Learn about Gemini feature suggestions

  • Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
  • Don’t rely on Gemini features as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
  • Gemini features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Gemini more helpful and safe.
  • Enterprise end users can submit feedback about their experience using this feature. End users are informed before they submit feedback that the feedback data shouldn’t contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information.
  • Your conversations with Gemini in Slides are not saved to Gemini Apps Activity. When you delete your Gemini in Slides conversation history, it doesn't delete any information that is saved to your Gemini Apps Activity. Learn how to delete your Gemini Apps Activity.
  • Generated images are for use only within Google Slides.
  • Gemini generated images are designed to bring your imagination to life in Slides, and may not represent real-world situations.

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