Google Gemini Can Generate Slides And Presentations For You Now - Here's How

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Google Gemini tin now create a descent show position for you.
• You tin guidelines nan position connected a matter punctual aliases an uploaded file.
• You tin past export nan record to Google Sheets.

Have you ever struggled to create a descent show position successful PowerPoint aliases Google Slides? Maybe you had problem figuring retired what to constitute aliases really to visualize it. Well, these days you could surely move to AI to supply a helping hand. And 1 instrumentality that tin now assistance you is Google Gemini.

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Rolling retired now to Google Pro accounts and soon to free plans is simply a caller AI accomplishment accessible done Gemini's Canvas tool. Canvas is simply a useful characteristic that lets you visualize web pages, machine code, and presentations arsenic you build them. As nan latest step, you're now capable to inquire Gemini to create a position based connected your matter explanation aliases connected a archive aliases different record that you upload.

"In Canvas, conscionable springiness Gemini a taxable aliases upload a source, and it will make a afloat group of slides -- complete pinch a taxable and applicable images," Google said successful a Friday blog post. "Then export to Google Slides to easy finalize your presentation."

How to usage Canvas successful Gemini

With Canvas, you tin activity pinch your prompts and instructions successful 1 half of nan model while you spot nan existent ocular results successful nan different half. This useful layout lets you spot successful existent clip really your revisions impact and alteration nan output.

To cheque this out, motion successful to the Gemini website pinch your Google account. If you person a Pro individual aliases Workspace account, you should beryllium capable to effort this caller accomplishment correct away. If you person a free account, you whitethorn person to hold a fewer days aliases possibly longer.

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At nan Gemini page, click nan Tools paper and prime Canvas. At nan prompt, type a explanation of nan position you want to generate. 

My acquisition creating a presentation

On my end, I entered nan pursuing prompt: "Create a position that discusses nan pros and cons of password managers."

After a mates of minutes, nan position appeared pinch 13 slides successful total. In nan Canvas window, I could move from 1 descent to nan adjacent and move nan taxable betwixt ray and acheronian mode. Since I didn't specify a peculiar style aliases layout, nan resulting position looked plain vanilla pinch nary ocular flourishes. That led to my adjacent step.

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Back astatine nan prompt, I asked Gemini to make nan position much visually absorbing by applying nan inheritance from nan title descent to each nan different slides. But here, nan AI goofed up and did nan nonstop other of what I requested.

Despite respective attempts, Gemini was ne'er capable to get it right, forcing maine to inquire it to revert to nan original design. At that point, I realized nan champion action was to create a generic position and past move it to Google Slides aliases Microsoft PowerPoint, wherever I could tweak nan matter and visuals myself.

Next, I tried creating a position based connected an uploaded file. For this, I chose an article I had written connected really to multitask connected an iPad. I told Gemini to create a position connected nan contented successful nan uploaded file.

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Here, Gemini delivered a position that was much visually move than nan erstwhile one, complete pinch a much breathtaking layout and embedded images. The AI besides arranged nan accusation from my article successful a elemental but effective way.

Once you get a usable presentation, you tin export it straight to Google Slides, download it arsenic a PDF file, and stock a nationalist nexus of nan Canvas itself. If you usage PowerPoint instead, you tin besides export nan record to Google Slides and past download it successful PowerPoint format.

Hit and miss

Overall, turning to Gemini to create a position was deed and miss. 

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The thought is sound. But arsenic always, AI tin make mistakes and neglect to travel your instructions correctly. You whitethorn person to play pinch nan prompts earlier you get nan desired result. As I discovered, your champion stake whitethorn beryllium to make a draught of nan contented and past nonstop it to Google Slides aliases PowerPoint, wherever you tin fine-tune nan text, nan visuals, and nan layout.

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