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The MTD printed presentation starts as a Google slide deck on your computer. If you have not already followed the instructions for how to create your Google Slide presentation, please go here first. MTD Presentation on Google Slides
The Google Slide template allows you to easily add your digital photos, add and edit text, and rearrange slides as you write, practice, and edit your story. The slides then can be exported to make your printed, spiral-bound photo book. Our 8.5" by 5.5" wire-bound book is similar to photo books ordered from Shutterfly or other popular photo sites. Follow the instructions on this page to begin preparing your Google Slides for print.
There are several Reminder there are differences between the printed presentation and the digital presentation. We suggest making a copy of the digital Google presentation slides in order to edit for correct printing.
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There are a few critical differences in the Google Slides of a digital versus a printed version of the presentation. Therefore, we suggest you make a copy of your presentation specifically for printing after you have customized it with your specific information. Here are some key differences between the types of presentations in the google slides to remember.
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The information and tasks on this page are especially crucial for building a ministry team. If you take time to work ahead before arriving at New Staff Training, you will be glad that you did.
To begin you will need to search for photos to customize your presentation.
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Sample presentation album
Take a look at this sample presentation album for printing for a better idea of what your presentation will look like. Notice that the "Filler Pages" that you might have hidden for your digital presentation is needed to keep the layout for the photo album.
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Steps For Preparing to Print
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It's important that you have high-quality digital photos. For help understanding photo quality, see Photo Resolution Help. |
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)
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physical book, we suggest making a new copy of your Google slide deck, as you will need to pay attention to the order of pages.
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Hint:It's very helpful to know that odd pages will be on the left the even pages are going to be on the right. Diagram
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Please review the printed page order below.
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Before you begin to print, please share your slides with Communications@reliant.org
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Click on the blue "Share" button on the top right and share with Communications@reliant.org. They will be the ones that will be able to look over your work and by sharing your slides they can leave comments directly on each page. |
To upload your presentation to Chalkline you will need to export your Google Slide presentation to PDF
- Export to PDF. Use File > Download As... > PDF Document. It will save to your computer.
This file - Open the PDF and view each page to ensure it looks right.
- Looks good? You're ready to order
- Find an "X" on a page? This can be due to an image that had a technical problem.
- Try the export again.
- Find the offending page and see if the image size can can be reduced. Very large images can break the export. Export again.
- Contact us for help
Chalkline
Our print-on-demand site is called Chalkline. (See MTD Print Orders on Chalk Line for more details)
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Visit instructions on MTD Print Orders on Chalk Line for more details.