Collaborate with Gemini in Google Slides

With Gemini in Google Slides, you can:

1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini 👁 Image
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3. On the side panel, you can:
   • Generate an image based on a selected slide: Enter “Generate an image" or "Suggest images for this slide.”
   • Select a suggested prompt: The Gemini in Slides side panel might suggest images based on the content on your slides.
   • Create your own prompt: For example, you can ask, “Generate an image of a dog with glasses.”
4. Press Enter.
5. To insert a specific image, hover over the image and click Insert 👁 Image
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   • Optional: To send feedback about the image, click Good suggestion 👁 Image
     or Bad suggestion 👁 Image
     .
6. You can also:
   • Edit the prompt: Click Edit Prompt 👁 Image
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   • Generate more images: At the bottom, click Show more 👁 Image
     .

You can create a new slide from scratch or reuse the visual style of an existing presentation with Gemini in Google Slides.

When you open a presentation that has text, in the Gemini in Slides side panel, you’ll find a summary of your presentation.

You can also use Gemini to generate text for your presentation.

1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
2. In the side panel, at the bottom, click Ask Gemini 👁 Image
   .
3. Enter a prompt:
   • Examples:
     • “Summarize this presentation in 3 sentences.”
     • “Create a slide that celebrates a colleague's work anniversary.”
4. Press Enter.
5. To add the suggested content to the presentation, click Insert 👁 Image
   .
6. You can also:
   • Generate a new suggestion: Click Retry 👁 Refresh
     .
   • Send feedback: Click Good suggestion 👁 Image
     or Bad suggestion 👁 Image
     .

You can use Gemini to reference files from your Drive to generate responses in Slides.

1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
2. In the side panel, at the bottom, click Ask Gemini 👁 Image
   .
3. To reference a Drive file, enter a prompt with the file name:
   • Example: “Create a slide outlining the next steps from @meeting notes and @core team sync.”
4. To check which files were used, at the bottom of the response, click Sources.
5. You can also:
   • Add the text to your presentation: Click Insert 👁 Image
     .
   • Get a different version: Click Retry 👁 Refresh
     .
   • Send feedback: Click Good suggestion 👁 Image
     or Bad suggestion 👁 Image
     .

• “How do I start a Q&A while presenting?”
• “What is the best way to share these slides with more than 100 people?”

Important: To get answers from the web, make sure to include phrases like “Use Google Search” or “Using web search” in your prompt.

• “Write a paragraph describing the weather today in Mountain View, California using web search.”
• “Help me write a paragraph explaining if lightning can strike the same place twice using only information from the web.”

1. On your computer, at the top right, click Ask Gemini 👁 Image
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2. On the right, in the side panel, click Gems.
3. Click the Gem you want to use.
4. Select a custom or premade Gem.
   • To start a conversation with the Gem, type a question or prompt at the bottom.

Tip: To create a Gem, go to gemini.google.com. You can then use your Gem in the Gemini app and Gemini side panel. Learn how to use Gems in Gemini Apps.

1. At the bottom right of the generated text, click Good suggestion 👁 Image
   or Bad suggestion 👁 Image
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2. In the pop-up window, you can select the data you want to share along with your feedback, including prompts, additional context, and outputs. If you don’t want to share certain data, you can uncheck it.
   • If you select Bad suggestion 👁 Image
     , to select the issue you found and enter additional feedback, click Next.
3. Click Submit.

Learn about Workspace Experiments feature suggestions

• Workspace Experiments feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
• Don’t rely on Workspace Experiments features as medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.
• Workspace Experiments features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Workspace Experiments more helpful and safe.
• Don’t include personal, confidential, or sensitive information in your prompts.
• Google uses Workspace Experiments data and metrics to provide, improve, and develop products, services, and machine learning technologies across Google.
• Your Workspace Experiments Data may also be read, rated, annotated, and reviewed by human reviewers. Importantly, where Google uses Google-selected input (as described in the Privacy Notice) to generate output, Google will aggregate and/or pseudonymize that content and resulting output before it is viewed by human reviewers, unless it is specifically provided as part of your feedback to Google.
• Your conversations with Gemini in Slides are not saved to Gemini Apps Activity. When you delete your Gemini in Slides conversation history, it doesn't delete any information that is saved to your Gemini Apps Activity. Learn how to delete your Gemini Apps Activity.
• Generated images are for use only within Google Slides.
• Workspace Experiments generated images are designed to bring your imagination to life in Google Slides, and may not represent real world situations.

How Workspace Experiments data in Google Slides is collected

When you use the Gemini in Slides side panel, Google uses and stores the following data:

• Prompts you enter or select.
• Generated text and images.
• Google Workspace content that you have access to that is referenced to generate content (both Google-selected input and user-provided input).
• Your feedback on the Gemini in Slides side panel.

To understand how this data is used, review the Google Workspace Experiments Privacy Notice and Terms for Personal Accounts.