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When you use Google Meet on an eligible work or school account, you can control Google Slides presentations from within a video meeting. You can also make other people in the video meeting co-presenters.
Important: To control a Google Slides presentation from a Google Meet video meeting, you must use a computer with a Chrome or Edge browser.
Become a main presenter
A main presenter is someone who starts presenting their Google Slides presentation from inside a Meeting.
- On your computer, open a Chrome or Edge browser.
- In the browser, open the file you want to present in Slides.
- In a different tab, join a video meeting on Google Meet.
- At the bottom of the meeting screen, click Present now
A Tab.
- Tip: For co-presenting to work, your presentation has to be shared as a tab. If you share a window or your entire screen, co-presenting won't work.
- Click the tab with the Slides presentation
- In Google Meet, hover over the presented tile.
- Click Start slideshow.
- You can only control a presentation and co-presenters in Google Meet when you're in slideshow mode.
- If another presenter starts presenting a new presentation, then they become the main presenter and all current co-presenters are cleared.
A Tab.
You can control the presentation with the control panel at the bottom of the presentation tile and designate co-presenters.
- To change the current slide, click to the Next
or Previous
slide with the arrow buttons.
- To jump to a specific slide, click the slide number then choose from the list of slides.
- To choose a co-presenter(s):
- Hover over the presented tile.
- Click Add a co-presenter
.
- In the "In Meeting" panel that opens, next to the person you want to select, click More
- Anyone joining from a mobile device, meeting room or an invited user who hasn't joined the meeting as yet can't be made a co-presenter.
- If a co-presenter leaves the meeting and re-joins, they have to be made a presenter again.
- Whenever the meeting's main presentation changes, all co-presenters will be demoted
- If the main presenter switches to presenting a different Slides presentation, all co-presenters will be demoted.
- Click Show/Hide speaker notes
to toggle the speaker notes panel.
- Keep in mind that a co-presenter will need edit access to the Google Slides file to see speaker notes while presenting.
- To open links or play media embedded in the presentation:
- If the slide has media, click Media controls
. A list of the links and media for the current slide will appear.
- If the slide has links, click Share link
to open the link.
- If the slide has both media and links, click Media Link
and choose which action you want to do first.
- If the slide has media, click Media controls
- To end the slideshow, click Exit slideshow
.
- Once you exit the slideshow, co-presenting functionality also ends.
- Tip: Co-presenters only can control the presentation while in slideshow mode.
- Once you exit the slideshow, co-presenting functionality also ends.
- To send the presentation link in the Meet chat, click Share
.
Important: When someone is promoted to a co-presenter, they get access to the presentation file's link as well. If the co-presenter isn't meant to get access to the presentation file, make sure to switch off link sharing before promoting someone to be a co-presenter. Keep in mind that a co-presenter will need edit access to a file to see speaker notes while presenting.
Become a co-presenter
Who is a co-presenter?
Anyone who’s appointed by the main presenter becomes a co-presenter. The co-presenter must be inside the meeting to be designated.
Co-presenters roleYou can control the presentation with the control panel at the bottom right of the presented tile.
- To change the current slide, click to the Next
- To jump to a specific slide, click the slide number then choose from the list of slides.
- Click Show/Hide speaker notes
- Keep in mind that a co-presenter will need edit access to the Google Slides file to see speaker notes while presenting.
- To open links or play media embedded in the presentation:
- If the slide has media, click Media controls
- If the slide has links, click Share link
- If the slide has both media and links, click Media Link
- If the slide has media, click Media controls
Co-presenters can't exit or enter slideshow mode.
Once you’re made a co-presenter, you get a visual notification inside Meet that you’re made a co-presenter.