PREVIEW, PRESENT, OR PRINT A PRESENTATION
Print a Presentation
To print a presentation follow these steps:
- Go to the File menu, and select Print settings and preview.
- A new window that shows a preview of your presentation and print options will open.
- Use the Landscape drop-down menu to adjust the orientation of and how many slides you’d like to print on a page.
- To print your slides with speaker notes, go select 1 slide with notes from the drop-down menu.
- Select Print. If you’re using a browser other than Chrome, a PDF containing your presentation will download, which you can then print from your PDF viewer.
Add and View Speaker Notes
Speaker notes help you remember your notes and talking points while you’re presenting. To display or add these notes below each slide in the new version of Google presentations, go to the View menu, and select Show speaker notes. Any presentation collaborator with view access to the presentation will be able to view these notes. Any presentation collaborator with edit access to the presentation will be able to view and edit these notes.
When you’re done creating your presentation and adding speaker notes, you’ll be able to view your completed speaker notes while you're in presentation mode. To view your speaker notes in presentation mode, select the gear icon in the menu in the bottom left of your presentation and select Open speaker notes.
This opens a separate speaker notes window that allows the presenter to guide the presentation while viewing his or her notes. If you’d like to keep these notes private while you’re presenting, make sure that you project only the presentation slides.
When you’re done creating your presentation and adding speaker notes, you’ll be able to view your completed speaker notes while you're in presentation mode. To view your speaker notes in presentation mode, select the gear icon in the menu in the bottom left of your presentation and select Open speaker notes.
This opens a separate speaker notes window that allows the presenter to guide the presentation while viewing his or her notes. If you’d like to keep these notes private while you’re presenting, make sure that you project only the presentation slides.
View or Show a Completed Presentation
To show a finished presentation, select Start Present in the top right of the screen.
A new window opens, displaying your presentation one slide at a time. To skip from one slide to the next, use the arrow keys on your keyboard or click the arrow icon in the gray bar at the bottom of your presentation. To close the presentation viewer, press the Esc key.
You can also access additional presentations options in the toolbar at the bottom of the presentation window. Here, you can select slides to present from a list, open speaker notes, print the presentation, or download it in PDF or PPTX format.
A new window opens, displaying your presentation one slide at a time. To skip from one slide to the next, use the arrow keys on your keyboard or click the arrow icon in the gray bar at the bottom of your presentation. To close the presentation viewer, press the Esc key.
You can also access additional presentations options in the toolbar at the bottom of the presentation window. Here, you can select slides to present from a list, open speaker notes, print the presentation, or download it in PDF or PPTX format.