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- Slides is similar to Microsoft Powerpoint, but even easier to use.
- Presentations are easy to edit, add text or photos, and rearrange. You can even add notes to remind you want you wanted to say on each slide.
- Slides provided for Reliant via the Google for Nonprofits program. It's the same as the publically available version, but data and your account is secured with the Reliant Technology Services department.
- Your files are stored "in the cloud" and are accessible via Google Slides or Google Drive when you are signed in with your Reliant address. They are not publicly available unless you share them publicly.
- Slides works in a web browser or mobile app, so it can be used on almost all modern computers and devices. Google Chrome is recommended.
- Slides can be exported to create a beautiful hardcover bound photo book.
Sign-In to Google Using Your GCM/Reliant Google Account
Visit http://slides.google.com
Alternately, you may visit http://drive.google.com, which also will show Google Docs (documents) and Google Sheets (spreadsheets)
Sign in using your GCM/Reliant Google Account.
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Basics of Editing
New to Google Slides?
The Google Help Center can provide some basics on how to create slides, use text boxes, add images, and more.
Using 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
Here are a few key highlights as it applies to your MTD Presentation Album: Starter Template.
How to add your own photo
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.
Delete Default Images and Insert Your Own
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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Tip: 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. (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.
Using 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. |
Key Facts About the Template
- 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.
Arranging the Pages for a Hardcover Photo Book
If you intend to export your slide deck to a hardcover photo album, you will need to pay attention to the number of pages.
- Each slide corresponds to a page in the book.
- Notice you do not need a separate slide for the inside front cover, and the inside back cover, which are already blank when printed.
- Slides work in pairs to create facing pages in the book. If you decide to add one single slide beyond what is provided in the template, it will make all the subsequent pages in the book jump a page forward, making many of the matching page pairs out of sync. Instead, replace a current slide with your new slide, or add your new slides in pairs. (This does not matter for a digital presentation, and you may choose to do one version for print and then create a different version for digital where you can be a little more free).
| Slide 1 | Front Cover |
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| Slide 2 | Page 1 |
| Slides 3 & 4 | Pages 2 & 3 |
| Slides 5 & 6 | Pages 4 & 5 |
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| Final Slide | Back Cover |
What to customize and what to leave in place
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