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Some quick initial edits before you get started 

Some slides are set up with fully editable parts, so text and images can be modified or completely removed. Other slides, such as the About Reliant slide, is a fixed image and is not editable.

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  • Slide 3: LOCATION has # of people. Replace LOCATION with your actual location
  • Slide 5: For WHO WE ARE REACHING. Replace WHO WE ARE REACHING with who you are actually reaching.
  • Slide 7: The only hope for PEOPLE/PLACE. Replace PEOPLE/PLACE with the people you are reaching in your location.
  • Slide 19- Here's How You Can Help Slide: LEFT SIDE: Our work with people. Replace people with who you're working with.
  • Slide 19- Here's How You Can Help Slide: RIGHT SIDE: Missionary Name and Fund #. Replace with your info.
  • Slide 25- How to Give: Reliant.org/first.last Replace with your URL.

Editing the Provided Templates

The Reliant MTD Presentation Starter Template has all the slides you'll need to begin.

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The template slides are already arranged in a specific order. Because the "presentation flow" is so important, we recommend not deleting or rearranging many slides until you have practiced a presentation several times through. This will you save you time and energy later. As you grow to learn your presentation, MTD Coaches will point out the perfect places to customize or rearrange to fit your story.


How to add your own photo

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It's important that you have high-quality digital photos. 

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When selecting photos for your MTD Presentation Album, it's best to try to get the best resolution possible...

So you have a photo you like, but how do you know it's an OK size for print? Here are a couple tips for finding out photo size and resolution:


Eye Test!

First, try this... Look at the photo, does it look grainy or blurry? If yes, you may want to consider choosing a larger photo.

If it passess the eye test, click below for additional tips to see if this will be a good photo for your presentation album

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  1. Save the photo to your desktop
  2. Right click photo and click "Get Info"
  3. Look for "Dimensions" under "More Info"
  4. Anything above 2000 pixels is probably a safe bet, but remember, if it's blurry on your screen, it could look even more blurry (not less!) on paper.
  5. Email communications@reliant.org if you have specific questions or concerns

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  1. Save the photo to your desktop
  2. Right click photo and click "Properties"
  3. Under "Image" you'll find Dimensions and Resolution
  4. Anything above 2000 pixels is probably a safe bet, but remember, if it's blurry on your screen, it could look even more blurry (not less!) on paper.
  5. 300 dpi (under horizontal and vertical resolution) is best... HINT: Facebook photos are only 72 dpi, which means the resolution is MUCH lower than ideal.
  6. Email communications@reliant.org if you have specific questions or concerns




You’ll want to find 15-20 high-quality photos that include:

  • A picture for the cover of your presentation album. This is usually a general picture that represents your location (a famous spot on campus, in your city, etc.)


  • A picture of you (and your family)

  • Pictures that illustrate the ministry (people you minister with, physical locations you minister at, etc.)

  • Pictures of people (individuals and groups) you’ve ministered to that help illustrate the needs of your ministry location

  • Other pictures that help illustrate the needs of your ministry location, including photos of your ministry location (photos of a college campus, for example).  You can potentially find specific photos used by others in your same ministry location in the Reliant google templates specific church ministry templates. 


Adding your own photos

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Replace Image 

Use Replace image when the photos already on the slide are already arranged as you would like. This is the easiest way to stick with a layout we might have provided in a template.

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Delete Default Images and Insert Your Own

  1. Click any image and use the delete key.
  2. Insert a new Image using Insert > Image.
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  3. You will need to arrange and resize the new photo to fit on the slide.


Customize the photo in the grey shaded pages provided by Reliant

You can add your own photo to pages that have a shaded grey layer over a picture (for example the back cover of the photo album or many of the filler pages.)  You can customize the picture by right clicking on the picture (make sure not to click on the words on those slides, but you want to right click on the photo itself) and then select change background. It will then ask you to upload your own photo and it will change the photo but still keep the shaded grey covering over the photo (and also keep any words written on the slide). 

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Cropping and Resizing Your Photo to Fit

To make a photo fit your space, you can either resize the the photo, or crop it.  Sometime you'll need to do a little of both.

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Resizing a Photo

Resizing a photo stretches or shrinks the photo.

Click the photo once to select.

Use the corner handles to re-size the photo. Grab, hold, and drag.

Note

Never use the side handles to re-size a photo. It will s t r e t c h the photo and distort faces or text.

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(if you feel the need to stretch the photo, you probably need to crop instead: see below).

Cropping a Photo

Cropping cuts off the edges of the photo like scissors. 

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Using the Provided Templates

The Reliant MTD Presentation Starter Template has all the slides you'll need to begin.

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titleLet The Template Guide You

The template slides are already arranged in a specific order. Because the "presentation flow" is so important, we recommend not deleting or rearranging many slides until you have practiced a presentation several times through. This will you save you time and energy later. As you grow to learn your presentation, MTD Coaches will point out the perfect places to customize or rearrange to fit your story.

Provided Layouts & Additional Slides






Provided Layouts & Additional Slides

If you would like to add more filler pages, or look at different options for formatting, we We have provided many pre-designed layouts for the book. Some are already displayed in the Starter Template, while others are hidden but available to you via the built in Layouts. You can find the additional slides by selecting the drop down arrow beside of the plus sign which is located under FILE. To add a hidden slide click on the slide you want to add. 

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  • Designing your own book can be a significant undertaking. We recommend graphic design training. Also count the cost of how much time it may take you versus using that time in active MTD.
  • The order of the presentation flow is important and new designs should try to maintain the same order (Need, Gospel, Answer to Need, My Vision, Ask, etc)
  • The Reliant logo and mission statement must appear prominently at the About Reliant page.
  • The Here's How You Can Help page may not be changed in language or significantly in design. Use the provided page or image. If you need to adapt the page to a different form factor (page size, etc), contact Reliant to ask for raw design files.  Redesigns must be approved by Reliant Communications before being used with donors.

Presenting Your Google Slides Using a Tablet or Laptop

Using a laptop or computer

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More from Google Help: View and Create a presentation on iPad and iPhone


If you are wanting to print your presentation, please follow the steps for MTD Printed Presentation.