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Google Gemini can now create a slide show presentation for you.
You can base the presentation on a text prompt or an uploaded file.
You can then export the file to Google Sheets.
Have you ever struggled to create a slide show presentation in PowerPoint or Google Slides? Maybe you had trouble figuring out what to write or how to visualize it. Well, these days you could certainly turn to AI to provide a helping hand. And one tool that can now assist you is Google Gemini.
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Rolling out now to Google Pro accounts and soon to free plans is a new AI skill accessible through Gemini's Canvas tool. Canvas is a handy feature that lets you visualize web pages, computer code, and presentations as you build them. As the latest step, you're now able to ask Gemini to create a presentation based on your text description or on a document or other file that you upload.
"In Canvas, just give Gemini a topic or upload a source, and it will generate a full set of slides -- complete with a theme and relevant images," Google said in a Friday blog post. "Then export to Google Slides to easily finalize your presentation."
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