Slides

Google Slides is a presentation program included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. The service also includes Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drawings, Google Forms, Google Sites, and Google Keep. Google Slides is available as a web application, mobile app for Android, iOS, Windows, BlackBerry, and as a desktop application on Google's Chrome OS. The app is compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint file formats. The app allows users to create and edit files online while collaborating with other users in real-time. Edits are tracked by user with a revision history presenting changes. An editor's position is highlighted with an editor-specific color and cursor and a permissions system regulates what users can do. Updates have introduced features using machine learning, including "Explore", offering suggested layouts and images for presentations, and "Action items", allowing users to assign tasks to other users.

In order to view and edit presentations offline, users need to be using the Google Chrome web browser. A Chrome extension, Google Docs Offline, allows users to enable offline support for Slides files on the Google Drive website. The Android and iOS apps natively support offline editing.

Supported file formats and limits

.GSLIDES : Google Slides Shortcut

.JPG : JPEG Image

.ODP : OpenDocument Presentation

.PDF : Portable Document Format File

.PNG : Portable Network Graphic

.POT : Microsoft PowerPoint Template (Legacy)

.POTM : Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation Template

.POTX : Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation Template

.PPS : Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (Legacy)

.PPSM : Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Show

.PPSX : Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show

.PPT : Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation (Legacy)

.PPTM : Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation

.SVG : Scalable Vector Graphics File

.TXT : Plain Text File