Switch from Microsoft PowerPoint to Google Slides

Share your presentation with PowerPoint users

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

1. On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, presentation, or video.
2. Highlight the text, images, cells, slides, or scenes you want to comment on.
3. To add a comment, in the toolbar, click Add comment .
4. Type your comment.
5. Click Comment.

1. In Drive, open your file.
2. Click FileVersion historySee version history.
3. 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.
4. (Optional) To revert to this version, click Restore this version.

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

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

   A preview of your file opens.

2. 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.

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.

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

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.

1. On your computer, open a document or presentation in Google Docs or Google Slides.
2. Click Insert Chart From Sheets.
3. Click the spreadsheet with the chart you want to add, then click Select.
4. Click the chart you want to add.
   • If you don't want the chart linked to the spreadsheet, uncheck "Link to spreadsheet."
5. Click Import.

For more details, see Insert and edit charts.