Google Slides is a free online presentation creating tool developed by Google. Today, it is widely used by users and has become a good alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint. To use Google Slides, you should have a Google account and an active internet connection. There are many ways by which you can make a presentation effective and more informative. One of these methods is to add a PDF file to your presentation. In his article, we will see how to insert a PDF into Google Slides.
Google Slides has many advantages, like:
- All your data will be saved automatically on the cloud.
- You can create new and edit existing presentations in Google Slides by signing into your account.
- You can download Google Slides presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint supported format.
How to insert a PDF into Google Slides
Now, let’s talk about how to insert a PDF into Google Slides. We will describe here the following two methods:
- By converting a PDF file into images.
- By adding a link to your PDF file.
Below, we have described both of these methods in detail.
1] Insert a PDF into Google Slides by converting it into images
If you click on the Insert menu on the Google Slides Menu Bar, you will not see an option to insert a PDF into Google Slides. Therefore, you can insert a PDF by converting it into images. This method is useful if you want to insert some specific pages into your Google Slides presentation. If you want to insert a complete PDF file into Google Slides, inserting it as a link will be easier. We will talk about this later in this article.
The following steps will guide you on how to insert a PDF into Google Slides by converting it into images.
- Convert your PDF file into images.
- Open Google Slides and sign in using your Google account.
- Go to “Insert > Image > Upload from computer.”
- Select the image from your computer and click Open.
First, convert your PDF file into images. For this, you can use free online PDF to JPG converter tools or software. There are many online tools available that let you convert your PDF files into images. Different tools have different limitations in the free plan. Therefore, you may have to try more than one PDF to image converter tool depending on the number of pages your PDF file has. After conversion, save the images in JPG or PNG image formats.
Now, open Google Slides in your web browser. Open your presentation. After that, select the slide into which you want to insert a specific page of your PDF and go to “Insert > Image > Upload from computer.” Now, select the image that represents that page of your PDF file and click Open.
After uploading the image, you can resize it. To do so, select the image and drag from the corners. You can also crop the image by double-clicking on it.
2] Insert a PDF into Google Slides by adding a link
If you want to upload the complete PDF file, you cannot do so by using the method described above. For this, you have to add a link to your PDF file in Google Slides. The steps to do this are as follows:
- Open your web browser and go to Google Drive.
- Upload your PDF file to Google Drive.
- Create a link to your PDF file.
- Copy that link and paste it into Google Slides.
Let’s see these steps in detail.
First, open your web browser and go to Google Drive. Sign in by using your Google account. After that, go to “New > File upload.” Select the PDF file from your computer and click Open.
You will see the uploaded PDF file in Google Drive. Or you can search for the same by typing its name in the Search Bar. The next step is to create a link to your PDF file. To do so, right-click on your PDF file and select Get link. Now, click copy link. After that, the link to your PDF file uploaded to Google Drive will be copied to the clipboard.
Now, open Google Slides in your web browser and then open your presentation. After that, select the slide into which you want to insert the PDF file. Now, you can add a link to a text or an image. If you want to add a link to an image, upload the image to Google Slides. You can upload the first page of your PDF file as an image to Google Slides. After adding the image, select it and go to “Insert > Link” or simply press the Ctrl + K keys. The Ctrl + K is the shortcut to hyperlink. Now, paste the copied link in the required field and click Apply. If you want to add the link to the text, select the text, then press Ctrl + K keys, and paste the copied link in the required field click Apply.
You have successfully linked the PDF file to the image or text in Google Slides. Now, when you click on the hyperlinked text or image in the slideshow, Google Slides will open the PDF file in a new tab in your web browser.
That’s it, you have successfully inserted a PDF into your Google Slides presentation.
Read: How to add audio to Google Slides.
Can you import PDF into Google Slides?
If you click on the Insert menu, you will not find an option that lets you import a PDF into Google Slides directly. Therefore, if you want to import a PDF into Google Slides, you have to convert the entire PDF file into images. After that, you can insert the image of a specific page of the PDF file into Google Slides. This method works only if you want to import a specific page into your Google Slides presentation.
If you want to import the entire PDF file into Google Slides, you can do so by creating a link to your PDF file. After creating the link to your PDF file, you can add that link to your Google Slides presentation.
We have described both of these methods step by step above in this article.
How do I insert a PDF into slides?
You can insert a PDF into Google Slides by converting it into images or by creating the link to the same. The latter method is easy and lets you insert the entire PDF file into Google Slides. If you use the latter method, you can link a text or an image in Google Slides to your PDF file. In this article, we have covered both of these methods in detail.
I hope this helps.
Read next: How to insert Google Slides into Google Docs.
