If there’s a slide you want to keep in your deck but don’t want to show when presenting, you can hide it. Right click the slide thumbnail and select Skip slide. The slide thumbnail will fade back. When you are in slideshow mode this slide will no longer show. To unskip a slide, right click the thumbnail and click Unskip slide.
Understanding the menu bar
The menu bar covers all the key functionality you’ll need to get started building your presentation. You’re likely to have come across many of these options before in other software, so we’ll focus on some of the more Google Slides-specific functionality below.
Screenshot highlighting the menu bar in Google Slides. The menu text shows, 'File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Slide, Arrange, Tools, Extensions and Help' as options
File
The File tab has all the basics for sharing, editing, and toggling settings.
The Share button lets you share your romania phone code presentation with others. To learn more about sharing and privacy settings, see Cloud working below.
Make a copy lets you create a copy of either your entire presentation or of a single slide. This is great if you want to play around with edits on a deck or slide without editing the original document.
Version history allows you to see past iterations of a document, which can be incredibly useful. We talk more about Version history in the Viewing and saving your work section below.
Screenshot of the full 'File' tab expanded in Google Slides, with the 'Version history' tab highlighted
Publish to the web lets you publish a non-editable version of your presentation that can be viewed via a link or embedded on a web page. This is a great feature if you want a larger audience to see your final, finished piece of work. Click Share, then Publish to the web, select either Link or Embed, adjust any relevant settings, and hit Publish.
Language lets you change the language of the document so that spelling is checked correctly. Tip: If you change from US to UK English, your measurements will change from imperial to metric — useful to know!
Page setup lets you format your slides to suit your needs. You can find more info about setting up pages here and in our blog post, How to change slide size in Google Slides.