Slides Basics
What is Google Slides used for?
To make presentations with text, pictures, and slides.
What menu do you use to add a picture in Google Slides?
Click Insert → Image.
1. What is a callout in Google Slides?
👉 A shape that looks like a speech bubble or cloud you can type words inside.
How do you start a new Google Slides presentation?
Google Drive → New → Google Slides.
Name one place you can get a picture from.
👉 Your computer, Google Drive, the web, camera, or photos.
2. Where can you find callouts?
👉 Click Insert → Shape → Callouts.
How do you change your background color?
Right-click on the slide → Change background.
How do you resize a picture?
👉 Click the picture and drag the blue corners in or out.
3. What can you use a callout for?
👉 To show what someone is saying or thinking or to explain part of a picture.
How do you show your slides full screen?
Click Present.
How do you move a picture?
👉 Click and drag it anywhere on the slide.
4. Can you change the color of a callout?
👉 ✅ Yes! You can change the fill color, border color, and font.
How can you apply the same transition (like “Cube” or “Fade”) to all slides in your presentation?
Add a transition on one slide, then click “Apply to all slides.”
. What tool lets you trim or cut part of a picture?
👉 The Crop tool.
6. Can you add an animation to a callout?
👉 ✅ Yes! You can make it fade in or fly in when you present your slide.