Google Slides

Google Workspace

Build and edit presentations slide by slide

• Create presentations with structured slide layouts
• Add, update, and format text and image elements
• Manage slide order and apply speaker notes

What You Can Do

Google Slides lets you build and modify presentations programmatically - great for automating recurring decks or drafting slide structures from data.

• Create presentations - New slide decks with a given title
• List slides - See all slides with their IDs, layouts, and element counts
• Add slides - Insert new slides with predefined layouts (BLANK, TITLE_AND_BODY, etc.)
• Delete slides - Remove individual slides from the deck
• Reorder slides - Move slides to a different position in the deck
• Add text boxes - Insert text elements at specific positions and sizes
• Update text - Modify the content of any text element by object ID
• Text formatting - Apply bold, italic, font size, color, and alignment
• Add images - Insert images by URL into slides
• Speaker notes - Set or update presenter notes for each slide
• Duplicate slides - Clone an existing slide as a template
• Export - Get the presentation as PDF or PPTX

Try Asking

• "Create a new Google Slides presentation called 'Q2 Business Review'"
• "Add a title slide with the heading 'Annual Report 2025' and subtitle 'Neotask'"
• "Add 5 slides with title-and-body layout for an investor pitch deck"
• "Update the text on slide 3 to say 'Revenue grew 40% YoY'"
• "Add speaker notes to slide 2 reminding me to mention the new partnership"
• "Move the last slide to position 2"
• "Insert the company logo image from this URL onto slide 1"
• "Export the presentation as a PDF"

Pro Tips

• Slide elements are referenced by object ID - the agent discovers these by listing slide contents first
• Predefined layouts save time: BLANK, TITLE_ONLY, TITLE_AND_BODY, TITLE_AND_TWO_COLUMNS, etc.
• Batch updates perform multiple operations in one API call for efficiency
• Combine with Sheets: pull data from a spreadsheet and auto-populate a chart slide
• Image URLs must be publicly accessible - use Google Drive shared URLs or direct image links
• Speaker notes are stored per-slide and visible only in presenter view

Plans

More Google Workspace Skills

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• Google Meet - Create and manage video meetings and conference links
• Google Business Profile - Manage your business listing, reviews, posts, and hours
• Google Tasks - Create, complete, and track to-do items across all your task lists
• Google Routes - Get directions, travel times, and distance calculations
• Google Drive - Search, organize, and share your files and folders in Drive

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