Every text should be improved with a visual component. Either it is pictures, or examples, subheadings, bullet lists, etc. This is especially true for boring statistics. If you need to share important data with the readers, it’s better to use schemes, graphics, or diagrams to help get the message across. For this very purpose, there’s a good solution – infographics.
If you want to make an infographic, you have some options to choose from. Of course, you can do it from scratch. Or you can download a template and put your own information there. Also, you can use Google Slides. And there are two options here: you can start from zero, or you can use a template. In this article, we are going to learn how to make an infographic with Google Slides using a template.
How to make an infographic with Google Slides
I’m writing this article assuming that you, my reader, are familiar with Google services, or at least some of them. You probably use Google Drive to keep files there, and I bet you use Google Docs and Google Photos.
But today we’re going to talk about Google Slides. This tool can’t be underestimated since it can become a great helping hand in creating presentations.
Let us consider the easiest way to make an infographic – we’ll use a template. Follow these step-by-step instructions to create your own info-sheet.
Find a template
First, you’ve got to find a template. Google it and you’ll see what a wide choice there is. For example, I purchased the Wander template. You can buy this one, too, or you can try something else. I recommend that you check out TemplateMonster’s Google Slides Themes or Infographic elements.
Uploading a template
Now that you’ve chosen a template and downloaded it on your PC, you need to unzip it. I’m sure you needn’t be told how to unzip an archive. But after you’ve done that, you need to upload it into Google Slides.
Go to Slides.
Open the Blank presentation.
So far, the process was the same as if you wanted to create an infographic on your own.
So now is exactly the time to upload your template into this blank presentation. Go to File → Import slides…
Then choose Upload and Select the file.
Here it is, already unzipped.
Start working with slides
At this point, you can choose what slides you want to include in your infographic. You can choose separate slides, or you can choose all of them. After you’re done click Import slides.
To make it simple, I decided to include only three slides to build this infographic. After I uploaded them, here is what I’ve got.
As I have a template, I don’t need this first blank slide, so I’m deleting it.
Now I have to do something with the size. We need to make our first slide vertical. For this, go to File → Page setup.
Now you choose Custom settings, choose Pixels, and adjust the sheet at your discretion. I recommend you set it to 700 x 1800 pixels.
After you apply the changes the slides will be vertically stretched.
Don’t panic. Just keep building the infographic using the elements you want.
Final touches
Now I’m going to show you what I decided to change and how I set the elements of my three slides. I’m going to place everything that I need on my first slide. It is what will be the actual infographic in the end.
That’s how I’ve built a simple infographic.
I’ll show you exactly what I’ve been doing.
First of all, you can select all the elements of the slides you’ve got.
You can also select more than one element at the same time.
After you select an element, you can delete it or drag it anywhere you want. For example, below you can see that I removed some elements and those that I decided to keep were placed on the spots I liked. Here is what I have now.
Now I can copy the elements from the other slides and paste them into the first slide.
I can also stretch the elements like this.
Here are the main principles of building an infographic from slides.
Just in case. You probably have noticed that it’s not very convenient to manipulate elements of such a small size. You can zoom in just pressing Ctrl + Alt + + and zoom out with Ctrl + Alt + –.
That’s it for now. Hopefully, this tutorial was helpful. Now you know that you can build your own infographic using a template and Google Slides.
Good luck!
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