Google Slides is one of those versatile, user-friendly tools that lets you really create professional presentations. One of its convenient features is the auto-play function on the slides. This feature proves pretty handy for these kinds of presentations since hands-free, looping displays, or unattended slideshows might be needed for an event.
In this blog post, we’ll walk you through creating an auto-playing Google Slides presentation in both slideshow mode and online embedded mode. By the end of this blog post, you will be able to develop a very smooth auto-playing presentation ready for any occasion.
Why Use Auto-Play for Google Slides?
Before we proceed on the steps, here’s why you may want to auto play Google Slides:
- Hands-free presentations: you don’t have to click through every slide manually, and you can concentrate on content or even speak without interruptions.
- Kiosks or events: the auto-running slideshows work very well in public spaces, for instance, at conferences, because the looping of a presentation goes without some human interference.
- Embed on websites: the experience is enriched when the presentation is put on a website, the viewers can only just watch with it automatically playing because they do not have to click next.
Now, let’s have a look at how to create an automated Google Slides presentation.
How to Set Up Automatically Playing Google Slides in Presentation Mode
Google Slides allows you to set up your slides to auto-advance with a set timing, which is pretty cool for live presentations or video presentations. Here’s how you can do that:
Step 1: Access Your Google Slides Presentation
Open the Google Slides presentation you want to automate. You should make sure all your slides are in the correct order and formatted to your preference.
Step 2: Click on “File” and Choose “Publish to the Web”
To access the “File” menu, simply select the option located at the top-left corner of your screen. Scroll down and click on “Publish to the web.” This will enable your presentation to automatically play when outside of the editor.
Step 3: Tweak Auto-Play Settings
When you select “Publish to the web,” you can see a dialog box with options on how your slideshow may behave:
- Auto-Advance Slides: You can select how long you want a slide to remain on the screen before automatically moving to the next. You have multiple choices from every second to every minute.
- Loop the Presentation: If you want the slides to loop in a never-ending cycle, check the checkbox marked “Restart the slideshow after the last slide.”
Step 4: Publish Your Presentation
After you set it up, Google asks if you are ready to send it. Click “OK.” Your specific link to your auto-playing slide show will be provided, and you can now share the presentation from this link or even embed it on your website.
Putting Up an Autoplaying Google Slides Presentation
If you plan on posting your auto-play presentation on your website, Google Slides won’t leave you in the dark. Here’s how you will do it:
Step 1: Get the Embed Code
After executing all these steps above on publishing your slide, you will find the link; on its side, you will locate an “Embed” button beside the link. Click on that and Google Slides will generate the HTML embed code for you.
Step 2: Customize the Embed Settings
But you can readily change the dimension of an embedded presentation, or change how the slides will advance, or even have it produce a looped display by simply amending the parameters in the code.
Then, add delayms = 5000, which makes it advance through slides after five seconds.
Step 3: Embed on Your Website
So, now that you have your embed code, it’s time to take that code and insert it into the HTML of your page precisely where you would like the slideshow to appear. And your Google Slides will then autopilot on visits to that page.
Final Thoughts
Making your Google Slides play automatically can enhance the user experience, whether you’re presenting in-person or online. This can be done with just a few easy steps. Have butter-smooth auto-playing presentations with ease. Google Slides accommodates any kiosk, website embed, or even smooth hands-free slide show presentation.
Try these out for yourself and enjoy the advantages of automated slideshows!
