Download Images From Google Slides

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As you experienced, the native tool in Google to 'Download as PNG image' will only export the 'current slide' which you have selected. I had the exact same question as you and found a free Mac App to help me export an entire Google slide presentation as individual images (PNG, JPG, BMP, or TIFF). Creating a slide in Google Slides presents you with the ability to add images, text, and other elements. This can be a simple alternative to more complicated and expensive options for creating things like newsletters and flyers.

The best way to get slide images is to use the presentations.pages.getThumbnail endpoint. Microphone: This is used to transmit audio in video calls. Storage: This is used to insert images and to open files from USB or SD storage. Edit and collaborate with others on presentations from your Android phone or tablet with the Google Slides app. With Slides, you can. You are transacting with Google Payments and agreeing to the.

SlideOut is a free web app to download images from Google Slide. Basically, this app is a Javascript that analyzes the current slide and fetches the selected image. Basically, this app is a Javascript that analyzes the current slide and fetches the selected image. Jump to Method 3 – Save Images From Google Docs via Download as Web Page - From the Google Docs menu, click on “File > Download as.

If you use the Google suite of online office apps, you’re probably familiar with Google Slides, the Google version of Microsoft PowerPoint. Slides does not have the extensive feature set of PowerPoint, but it is far easier to use, free, and gives users a cloud-based solution for their presentation needs. Using Slide you can create attractive presentations quickly and easily without having a huge learning curve, and all you need is an account on Google Docs and access to the Internet. Slides will even work on a smartphone or a tablet, although it is of course much easier to work from a desktop or laptop machine using a browser.

Download images from google slides

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Slides does have some disadvantages. Features that PowerPoint users have come to take for granted are often simply not available in Slides. For example, in PowerPoint users can easily import PDF files to be part of their presentation deck – there’s no conversion or translation necessary, you simply hit Insert->Object and select your PDF, and presto, it’s part of your presentation. When Slides users want to include a PDF, they hit a brick wall: Slides has an Insert menu but cannot handle arbitrary external objects like PDF files. However, there is a workaround that will allow you to get the information you need into your Slides presentation. It’s not as effortless as the PowerPoint method, but it isn’t too bad. In this article, I will present a simple tutorial on how to insert a PDF into Google Slides.

The basic method is simple. You can’t directly insert a PDF directly into Google Slides, but you can insert image files, and you can link those image files to online resources. So what you need to do is to create image files from your PDF and insert those image files into the Slides document. If you want the image file(s) from the PDF to link to the original PDF document, you can ensure that PDF is available online (using an online file repository) and link one or more images from your Slides document to the online copy of the PDF. It isn’t the most elegant of workarounds but it gets the job done.

There are really three approaches here. The first method is to take a screenshot of each and every page in the PDF. This might be an enormous hassle, depending on the size of the PDF. Alternatively, you can just take a screenshot of the cover page of the PDF and link it, and then during your presentation, you (or the people viewing the presentation) can click on the cover page and visit the online PDF. This does take them out of the flow of your presentation, however. It’s a judgment call. The third approach is to convert the PDF into a series of JPG files. There are commercial software packages that will let you do this simply and easily on your desktop, or you can use a web service.

Recently I have discovered a fourth way to insert a PDF into a Slides document, and that is by converting the PDF into a Powerpoint document, uploading the Powerpoint document to your Drive, and then opening it as a Slides document. I’ll describe this complete process as well.

Insert a PDF into Google Slides, Page by Page

  1. If you’re using Windows, open the Snipping Tool. If on Mac, open Grab.
  2. Use the Snipping Tool or Grab to take screenshots of each page of the PDF and save them as .JPG images.
  3. Open a presentation in Google Slides and select where you want to add the PDF.
  4. Select Insert->Image.
  5. Select the .JPG you want to upload and drag it into the new window.
  6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each image file you want to use.

Insert a PDF into Google Slides as One Image With a Link

  1. If you’re using Windows, open the Snipping Tool. If on Mac, open Grab.
  2. Use the Snipping Tool or Grab to take a screenshot of the first page of the PDF, or of a representative image, and save it as a .JPG image.
  3. Open a presentation in Google Slides and select where you want to add the PDF.
  4. Select Insert->Image.
  5. Select the image in the Slides document.
  6. Select Insert and then Link.
  7. Add the URL where the PDF can be accessed.

As long as the PDF file is accessible to those you are presenting to, it will be available both at the time of the presentation and afterwards if you send out the slideshow.

Convert the PDF into a JPG

Perhaps the simplest approach, particularly if the PDF file isn’t likely to change, is to just convert the PDF file into a series of JPGs, which you can then directly import into your Slides presentation. There are many programs and web services available to do the conversion for you. One straightforward and reputable free service is PDFCandy. All you need is the PDF file stored on your local drive, Google Drive, or your Dropbox.

  1. Go to the PDFCandy website.
  2. Click the “Add Files” button and select the file(s) you want to convert.
  3. Specify whether you want low, medium, or high resolution.
  4. Click “Convert”
  5. Click “Download File”
  6. The JPG will appear in your browser; right-click on it and save the file to your local drive.

Note that PDFCandy has lots of other useful tools available.

Insert a PDF into a PowerPoint presentation

If you decide that this method is too crude or too much hassle, you can always use PowerPoint. While it costs money, most new computers come with a copy of Office even if it’s just a trial. Here’s how to insert a PDF into a PowerPoint presentation.

  1. Open your PDF document and leave it open on your desktop.
  2. Open your PowerPoint presentation and select the area you want to insert the PDF.
  3. Select Insert->Images.
  4. Select Screenshot and the icon of your PDF in the Available Windows list.
  5. Select Screen Clipping and drag and drop the cursor crosshair to select a section of the file to feature in the slide. Press Escape when done.

This works similarly to Google Sheets but inserts the whole PDF file behind the image. It is a more workable method as you don’t have to make the PDF file available separately; it’s integrated into your PowerPoint document.

You can also insert a PDF into a PowerPoint presentation as an object. This time you need to ensure the PDF file is not open on your computer.

  1. Open your PowerPoint presentation and select the area you want to insert the PDF.
  2. Select Insert->Object.
  3. Select Create from file and browse to the file location.
  4. Select the PDF file and OK.

The PDF should now become part of the slide and will stay as an object within the slide. Double click the file image to open the PDF.

Convert the PDF into a Powerpoint and Open the Powerpoint in Slides

This sounds like a very convoluted way to do things but it’s actually quite effective and simple to achieve.

The first step is to take the PDF and convert it into a Powerpoint presentation. There are several different ways to accomplish this. If you have a license for Adobe Acrobat, you can directly convert the document as follows:

  1. Open the PDF in Acrobat.
  2. Click on Export PDF in the right panel.
  3. Choose PowerPoint as the export format.
  4. Click Export.
  5. Name the PowerPoint file and save it wherever you wish.

Most of us don’t have Adobe Acrobat, however, and will have to rely on a third-party tool. There are a wide variety of available tools online; in this example, I will show you how to use SmallPDF.com, an online converter that is simple and reliable. You can subscribe to the pro version of SmallPDF if you plan to do a lot of converting, but for a one-off project you can use the free service.

  1. Drag the PDF file to the SmallPDF icon, or click “Choose File” and load it through the file system.
  2. Wait for the conversion to run.
  3. Download the converted PPT file.

Once you have the converted PPT file, you need to visit Google Drive and upload the Powerpoint to your Drive directory.

Then, simply right-click on the file in Google Drive, select Open With, and select Slides. Presto, your PDF file is now a Slides file and you can use it as you wish within Slides. Note that you may lose elaborate formatting, so this is a process best suited for straightforward PDF files.

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Google Slides has earned a place in many people’s online toolkits, including mine; it’s simple, easy to use and designed around the needs of the normal user rather than corporate types. No software is perfect, however, and the inability to directly import PDFs is a weakness of Slides. Fortunately there are workarounds that will allow you to (sort of) insert a PDF into Google Slides!

Do you have other techniques or tips for using PDFs in Google Slides? Share them with us below!

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