How to summarize a document to slides
Apr 2, 2024
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Slides Generator makes it easy to summarize a document to slides in just a few steps. This could be a research paper, report, essay or any other longform document.
If your document is not a Google Docs document but rather a Microsoft Word document, you can easily open it in Google Docs.
In the Chrome address bar, type doc.new and press Enter.
Click File > Open.
Click Upload. Click Browse to select a file from your computer or drag a file in.
For each section of your document, complete the following steps.
Highlight the section. To maximize the quality of the AI output, we've capped the maximum number of words you can highlight to 4,000.
In Google Docs, click the Slides Generator icon in the right hand side panel.
If you can't see the icon, click the Show side panel icon on the bottom right of the screen to display it.
Click CONVERT TO GOOGLE SLIDES.
Enable Generate slides into one file.
Optionally configure heading formatting, body formatting and select your desired theme.
Click Summarize.
When the process is complete, click the presentation link to view the slides in a new tab.
Click the previous tab to go back to the Google Doc.
Close the currently open window.
To automatically add slide headings (optional), ensure there is a line of text above the table or image.
Enable Convert tables only and Convert images only under Conversion Settings.
Ensure no content is currently highlighted.
Click Convert.
Use our free formatting tool to adjust formatting of your slides in bulk. You can access this tool via the Slides Generator icon from within Google Slides.
If you use PowerPoint, you can download your presentation as a .pptx file by clicking File > Download > Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx).
