13 Facts About Google Slides

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Google Slides is a presentation program included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google.

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Google Slides is available as a web application, mobile app for: Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, BlackBerry OS and as a desktop application on Google's Chrome OS.

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In March 2010, Google Slides acquired DocVerse, an online document collaboration company that allowed online collaboration between multiple users on Microsoft PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office-compatible document formats such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

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In June 2012, Google Slides acquired Quickoffice, a freeware proprietary productivity suite for mobile devices.

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Google Slides is available as a web application supported on the Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Safari web browsers.

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In June 2014, Google rolled out a dedicated website homepage for Slides that contained only files created using the Drive suite.

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In 2014, Google launched a dedicated mobile app for Slides for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems.

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In 2015, the mobile website for Google Slides was updated with a "simpler, more uniform" interface and while users can read files through the mobile websites, users trying to edit presentations will be redirected towards the dedicated mobile app for Google Slides, thus preventing editing on the mobile web.

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Google Slides serves as a collaborative tool for cooperative editing of presentations in real time.

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10.

In Google Slides, Explore dynamically generates design suggestions based on the contents of each slide.

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11.

Google Slides is free to use for individuals, but it is available as part of the business-centered Google Workspace service by Google, which is a monthly subscription that enables additional business-focused functionality.

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Simple find and replace tool is available and like all Google Drive suite programs, Slides includes a web clipboard tool that allows users to copy and paste content between Slides and the other Drive apps.

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Google Slides Cloud Connect maintained previous document versions and allowed multiple users to collaborate by working on the same document at the same time.

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