Google Slides Tip: Title Your Slides to Create a Handy Table of Contents (And How to Add Titles Afterwards)

It had been there all along I know, but I just recently discovered that those title boxes on Google slides organize the finished slideshow presentation and help readers to access the content easily. 

Before I start to view a Google slideshow, I like to see how many slides are in the show. Is it going to be quick, or is it something I want to enjoy over a cup of tea?

While I'm previewing length, I like to peek at what will be covered in the slideshow. And yes, I admit that I often jump right away to a particular slide that piques my interest.

So, yes, those title boxes are very handy. Mahalo to all of you presenters who take that extra step for us readers!

Here's how to add a title to a slide, after you've already done your slide show.

1. Click on the slide you want to change. (If you want to change several slides, command click or right click on all slides. And for all slides, select all.)

2. Go to Slide --> Apply layout.

3. Select any layout that has a title box.

4. The title box will appear on the slide(s).

5. Type in title. Adjust as desired. (You can even hide the title if you want.)

6. Done!

I hope you find this Google tip useful, and ... 

Happy Aloha Friday!

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3 #GR8Finds #ThisWeek 04.17.15: Cell/smart phone-related goodies, and a Maui teaser

1. Need to find your phone? Google it!

( I hope this comes to iOS soon.)

2.  Remotely control your slide presentations with your smart phone!

Must try this out!

3. Cell Phone Use in Africa, by Pew Research.

So informative!

The Spread Of Cellphones In SubSaharan Africa: Pew Global Face-to-Face Research With Africans👉🏼http://t.co/cvJ7sLm1e7 pic.twitter.com/FXiZw2UTFq
— Mduduzi Dlamini (@Quibbie_) April 16, 2015

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Maui teaser: The jacaranda are blooming in upcountry Maui ☺

Beautiful Upcounty Maui ... with Jacaranda tree of course :)
Posted by A Maui Blog on Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Wish you were here!

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I hope your weekend is all you hope for and more!

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Students: How to Enable Google Presentations' New Features (and Ms. Lindsay's first Screenr cast!)

Dear Students,

If you're interested in accessing Google Presentation's new features, here's how:



There's nothing too fancy on there now, but Google promises to roll out more features in the coming weeks, so keep checking!

And, as you probably already know, collaboration is king/queen/royalty with Google docs, so the new design makes collaboration easy (and fun).

Two considerations: 

(1) you can't upgrade your old presentations to the new design

(2) the new design works best in the latest browsers, preferably Chrome.

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Creating this screenr cast was quick and fun, and just the ticket for on-the-fly tutorials.  

Besides embedding, you can save your screenr cast as an .mp4 file, or publish it to YouTube.

Give it a try!

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L☉☉K -- No Software! Animation Created Using Google Docs

This short Google Demo Slam clip shows what can be done in Google Docs. I'm so impressed!

I think some of our students would take off with Google Presentations.



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