After going through a thorough tutorial of the Presentation feature of Google Docs, I learned that there are many power packed features. After viewing the basics, I learned that slide formatting is a seamless process. Presentation works like the common PowerPoint application because it has the ability to add and edit slides, change themes and backgrounds. Presentations can be created from scratch entirely from the web, uploaded from a hard drive in the form of a .ppt file, or imported from a web URL, where a presentation has an address online. There is even a template gallery to choose different themes and background set-ups.
When viewing the chapter on working with media, Presentations can work with different types of media. You can insert and edit images that are either stored on a computer’s hard drive or you can drag images from other websites. I found the dragging feature very valuable in that it saves time from having to browse for images. The only thing the user should remember when dragging images is to make sure that they are not using copyrighted material and or attaining the proper permissions. Presentations include a new “Drawings” feature by which you can insert and edit shapes and enter in free hand drawings. That way users can add visuals such as charts, and graphs or use the scribble feature to circle or draw any item of choice. Presentations have an interface with YouTube so you can embed videos strait into a slide. The only drawback to Presentations is that it is limited on the animations and if you upload an animation that is not covered in Presentations, the animations will be removed.
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