The 5 most visited templates of 2020
There’s only a couple of days left in 2020 and, before welcoming 2021, we wanted to share with you the templates for Google Slides and PowerPoint that our users visited the most this year. We’re going to begin with the fifth-placed template, going up one place at a time until we...
The most useful Google Slides and PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts
If you really want to speed things up when editing your presentation, you should try some keyboard shortcuts. We would like to share with you the most useful ones for both Google Slides and PowerPoint. These key combinations will allow you to work much faster without having to constantly look for...
Tips to captivate your audience with the photographs in your presentation
A picture is worth a thousand words. We have heard this phrase hundreds of times and with reason. A photograph can help us to better express our ideas, to emphasise them, to bring them to life, to touch our audience, etc. As a matter of fact, we process images 60,000...
Tips To Create the Perfect Resume Presentation
First impressions count. If you’re looking to advance past that initial step and get that job you’ve always dreamed of, then use our resume presentations. With recruiters spending mere seconds looking at a CV, you need to make yours stand out with not only an impressive background to boast of...
How to Create a Thesis Defense Presentation
After months and years of hard work, the moment to wrap things all up is finally here—your thesis defense presentation.Whether you’re pursuing a master’s degree or doctorate, it’s the final step to that much-deserved achievement. A thesis defense requires a lot of prior research and preparation. And as important as its...
5 Tips to Get the School Year Off to a Good Start
Due to the current pandemic, this next back-to-school period is going to be quite different from what we’re used to. According to a recent poll by Axios, more than 70% of teachers are taking courses on how to improve their tech skills so they can apply them to online and...
Google Slides Tutorials
How to add and edit maps in Google Slides
Map infographics are very useful for any presentation, as they allow you to transmit data quickly and easily. In this post we are going to explain how to include and edit maps in your Google Slides presentations. Content When and why use map infographics? How to insert a map into...
How to Add and Edit Tables in Google Slides
Adding a table to a slide is one of the simplest hacks available to organize information in an easy-to-consume way. Tables are simple charts made of columns and rows. Because of their simplicity, they fit in almost every presentation and can be used for multiple purposes: from sorting content to data...
How to Change Indentation, Spacing and Line Spacing in Google Slides
It is always good practice to include as little text as possible in your presentations, so it’s best if you mention only the most relevant concepts. In order to convey your ideas clearly, you’ll probably want to modify things such as indentation and spacing. In this tutorial, we’ll see how to...
How to Lower the Size of a Google Slides Presentation
Google Slides has a big advantage over its competitors when it comes to saving storage space. Since it’s an online editor, its presentations do not take up space on your Google Drive. However, if you need to download the slides or export them in a PowerPoint file format, you might...
How to Change the Language Settings in Google Slides
Change the display and authoring language in Google slides following the steps of this tutorial. It is very simple, and it will only take you a few minutes to do so! Content Changing the language In Google Slides Changing the language of your Google Account Adding a new language to...
How to Insert GIFs in a Google Slides Presentation
There are many and varied ways of captivating your audience with your presentation. One of them is using visually appealing materials so people cannot take their eyes off the slides. In fact, a clever use of GIFs and other images will help you when defining concepts in a cool and...
PowerPoint Tutorials
How to create and format maps in PowerPoint
One of the biggest challenges when making a presentation is talking about data. To make it as less tedious as possible and easy to understand, it is preferable to use visual resources instead of text. Map infographics are representations that, at a glance, help us assimilate data better and faster. ...
How to Create and Format Tables in PowerPoint
Creating a table is a great and easy way to enrich your PowerPoint presentation. They can be as straightforward as a combination of columns and rows or take the form of sophisticated infographics. Simple or elaborate, you can use them in many different ways to compare data and summarize information. In this...
How to Change Indentation, Spacing and Line Spacing in PowerPoint
When it comes to presentations, it is advisable to use as little text as possible. In order to improve legibility on your slides, you might want to change the space between lines of text and paragraphs. In this Slidesgo School tutorial, we will explain how to edit the indentation and the...
How to Reduce the Size of a PowerPoint Presentation
Sometimes, after creating a presentation, you come to realize that its size is bigger than what you expected and, thus, you need a way to reduce the space it takes up on your drive or storage device. In this Slidesgo School tutorial, we are going to give you some hints on...
How to Change the Display Language in PowerPoint
If you want to change the display tongue in PowerPoint, this is your tutorial. No matter if you have downloaded a version of the software with the incorrect default language or you want to improve your reading skills, we will teach you, step by step, how to do it. Content...
How to Insert Embed GIFs in a PowerPoint Presentation
Do you want to boost your presentation? One of the best ways of doing so is using GIFs! They are fun, easy to add and provide an amusing way of supporting your own information. Would you like to learn more about how to add a GIF in to your slides in...