How To Use Slides

How to Use
Slides
Slides is a tool used to
create, present
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and share presentations
online.
The Slides Editor is on the
Web
so you can access it
anytime
as long as you have internet
and a web browser.
There's no need to
download anything.
All of your work is stored
securely on their servers
accessible wherever you
are.
To start using Slides
go to www.slides.com
then click Get started.
In this tutorial,
were going to use
the Basic (FREE) Plan of
Slides.
Click Select in the Basic plan.
Then you could either
create an account in Slides
or sign in with Facebook or
Google.
In this tutorial, were going
to create an account.
Enter in your desired username.
Enter in your email.
Enter in your password.
Answer the question for
verification.
Then click Sign up.
Your Profile page appears.
Editor Overview
Click Create a deck.
Slides Editor appears.
The left most part are the Top
Level options.
You can edit here the
Presentation Settings
Presentation Style
and Slides Arangement.
This is the Preview button.
This is the Undo button.
A checkmark here means the
latest changes are saved.
This part contains the Contextual
options.
Use these to add or edit existing
content.
By default, when no content is
focused
it shows types of content that
you can add
like text, image or shape.
If focused on a content, on this
text for example
another set of contextual options
appears
that lets you configure the
selected content.
This is a block of content, a text-
block particularly.
Click on it once to configure
using contextual options.
Click on it twice to edit the text
using these editing tools that
appear.
You can also drag a block to
move it around.
This part on the right contains
options
for the current slide
such as background color
background image
fragments
and speaker notes.
Adding a New Slide
To add a new slide,
click the plus button on the
right.
then click your desired template.
Your new slide appears.
You may also add a vertical
slide.
Click the plus button below to
add a vertical slide.
Click your desired template.
Your new slide appears.
Click these arrows to go to the
adjacent slide
whether its on the left, right, up
or down.
Working with Blocks
A block is a piece of
content
that can be individually
moved around
and configured within a
slide.
Kinds of blocks are text
image, iframe and shape
blocks.
Click on a block once to focus on
it.
Use the tools here to configure
the selected block.
Click your desired alignment
here.
Click on text color field
and choose your desired text
color.
Click on background color field
and choose your desired color.
Click the opacity here.
Enter your desired padding here.
If you like to add border, check
this box.
Tools appear for configuring
border.
Click the Border style field.
Then click your desired style.
Enter in the width here.
Enter in the radius here.
Click the Color field.
Click your desired color.
Insert Image and Shape
To insert an image in your slide,
click Image.
Click Upload.
Locate then your image
from your computer
by clicking on the file.
Click Open.
The image appears in your slide.
You may drag this to move
around
or drag the transform anchors
(circles) to resize the image.
Click here to change Opacity.
Check this box to add Border
then edit like what we did in the
previous slides.
There are also
Action Buttons
below the Contextual
Options.
Here are the Action buttons.
Click Maximize to maximize the
size of the selected block.
Click Duplicate to make a copy of
the selected block.
Click Delete to remove the
selected block from the slide.
To add a Shape in your slide, click
Shape.
A shape appears in your slide.
Click on the Shape field
and click your desired shape.
Click on the Color field
and click your desired color.
Click Done.
Click this arrow to move the
image back.
Click this arrow to move the
image infront.
Slide Options
Click Slide Background Color
on the right.
Click your desired color.
Then click Done.
Background color applied.
Click Slide Background Image.
Then click Upload image.
Locate the file from your
computer.
Click Open.
The image is uploaded.
Click on Stretch down arrow
and choose between Fit and
Original.
Slide background image done.
To add speaker notes, click
Speaker notes
Type in your notes for the
selected slide
then click Ok.
Presenting Your Deck
To present a deck, click Present
on your Profile page.
This window appears.
Speaker View is the
control panel for your
presentation.
It includes speaker notes,
an upcoming slide preview
and more.
The Present view is what is
seen by the audience
whereas the Speaker view is
seen only by you (speaker).
Click Open speaker view.
This is the Speaker view window.
You see the upcoming slide here.
Heres the speaker notes.
This is the elapsed time
and current time.
Click this arrow to go to the next
slide.
You can also let your
audience follow along
with your presentation in
real-time from their own
browser.
Share this link to your audience
to have them follow along
with the presentation in real-
time.
Check the box of fullscreen
to allow Slides.com be in full
screen.
You may also hide controls
and hide progress bar.
Click Start presentation to see the
Present Live.
Slide show begins.
Click this arrow to go to the next
slide.
Sharing Your Deck
To share your deck, click Share
on your Profile page
or on the deck page.
This window appears.
Copy this link and share it with
others.
Copy this code and paste it in
your blog
or website to embed the deck.
Click Done to leave the page.
Forking Decks
Forking is copying another
person's public deck
into your own account, to
use it as a template.

The forked deck visibly
references
the original deck and
promotes its author.
You could enable or disable
forking of your decks.
Click Presentation Settings on
the top level options
then check Forking to allow
others
fork your deck.
Now to fork a deck, simply click
Fork this deck
on any deck page that forking is
enabled.
The deck appears in your Profile
page
then click Edit to edit its
content.
You may duplicate a deck by
clicking Duplicate.
A copy of the deck will appear.
To delete a deck, simply click
Delete.
Art is not a
thing; it is a way.

- Elbert Hubbard

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