How to Use AI Tools to Generate Slide Content

How to use Slides Generator's built-in AI tools to generate slide content

John

Jun 30, 2025

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With Slides Generator, you can quickly create slide content using AI-powered functionality by

  • Providing a prompt
  • Summarizing text to slides
  • Formatting text

This will generate content in Google Docs that's ready to convert to Google Slides.

Step 1: Open a document in Google Docs

You can either open an existing document or create a new one.

To create a new document, in the Chrome address bar, type doc.new and press Enter.

Open a New Google Doc

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Step 2: Generate content into Google Docs

In Google Docs, navigate to

Extensions > Slides Generator - Convert Docs to Slides

Select Sidebar Mode or Large Screen Mode.

Alternatively, click the Slides Generator icon in the right hand side panel.

Slides Generator Google Workspace Add-on Sidebar Icon

If you can't see the icon, click the Show side panel icon on the bottom right of the screen to display it.

Show Side Panel

Select either SIDEBAR MODE or LARGE SCREEN MODE.

Sidebar Mode and Large Screen Mode Buttons

Click AI Tools. Select a mode, either Create, Summarize or Format. For Create and Summarize, you can also configure the number of slides and number of points per slide.

Paste your content into the text field. Then click Create, Summarize or Format, depending on the mode selected.

AI Tools

This will generate content into the current Google Docs file.

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Step 3: Generate Your Slides

Click Generate to generate your Google Slides.

Generate Button

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