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Templates gallery

If you want to quickly create a presentation, and would like to use some help with the design, you can check our templates gallery, preview and use any template there. Each template has standard text that you cna replace with your own, and preset design styles that you can reuse.

You can also access the templates gallery from your presentation by going to File > New > From template...

Uploading presentations

You can upload existing presentations to Google presentations at any time. Here's how:

  1. Click the Upload button at the top of the sidebar in your Docs list page.
  2. Click Browse.
  3. Select the presentation you'd like to open.
  4. Click Open.
  5. Click Upload File. The uploaded file appears in your Docs list.
  • File types you can upload: .ppt, .pps
  • Size limits: Files in .ppt and .pps formats can have a maximum size of 10MB; files uploaded from the Web can be up to 2MB; emailed files can be up to 500K. Read more

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