Insert or delete images & videos

You can add together or remove photos, videos, or .gif files in Google Docs or Sheets. In Google Slides you tin add photos, videos, or audio. To help plan your presentation, you lot can likewise add image placeholders.

Add an epitome to a certificate or presentation

  1. On your estimator, open a document or presentation in Google Docs or Slides.
  2. Click Insertand thenImage.
  3. Cull where to get your prototype from.
    • Upload from computer: Insert an epitome saved on your device.
    • Search the web: Search the web for an image.
    • Drive: Use an prototype saved to your Google Drive.
    • Photos: Use an image from your Google Photos library.
    • By URL: Insert a link to your image or insert a .gif.
  4. Click Insert or Open.

Learn how to add images in Sheets.

Position & edit an image in a document

  1. On your estimator, go to Google Docs.
  2. Open a certificate.
  3. Click an paradigm you lot desire to movement or edit. A pop-upwards window will open below with editing options.
  4. To alter your image's layout, select an selection:

    Important: These features aren't bachelor in documents that are in pageless format. To use these features, make sure your certificate is in pages format.

  5. If you lot selected "Wrap text" or "Break text," you can change the position to:
    • Move with text
    • Prepare position on page

You lot can brand additional changes to an image:

  1. Click Epitome optionsMoreand thenAll epitome options.

  2. In the sidebar on the right, select an epitome option:

    • Size & Rotation: Set the size, calibration, and rotation of your prototype.

    • Text Wrapping: Prepare how your paradigm interacts with the text around it.

    • Position: Gear up the position for your epitome in the certificate.

    • Recolor: Change the colour of your epitome.

    • Adjustments: Gear up the transparency, brightness, and contrast of your image.

Important: Text Wrapping and Position aren't available in documents that are in pageless format. To use these features, make sure your document is in pages format.

Add an epitome from your desktop or the spider web

Drag an image

Important: This characteristic isn't bachelor for Google Sheets.

  1. On your computer, click an image on your calculator or a website.
  2. Agree and drag the prototype into your document.

Copy & paste an image

  1. On your computer, right-click an image on your computer or website.
  2. Click Copy.
  3. Go to your document, presentation, or spreadsheet.
  4. Click PastePaste.

Tip: It may accept a moment for your image to open.

Add an prototype placeholder

Supervene upon an paradigm

  1. On your calculator, open a document or presentation in Google Docsor Slides.
  2. Right-click an prototype yous desire to replace.
  3. Click Supervene upon image.
  4. Select where you want to become your paradigm from:
    • Upload from computer
    • Search the web
    • Drive
    • Photos
    • Past URL
    • Camera
  5. Choose an epitome.
  6. Click Supercede or Select.

Learn how to supercede images in Sheets.

Add a video to a presentation

  1. On your figurer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. Click the slide where you want to add the video.
  3. Click Insert and thenVideo.
  4. Select where to get your video from:
    • Search YouTube
    • By URL
    • Google Drive
  5. Choose a video.
  6. Click Select.

Play a video during a Google Slides presentation

Google Slides at present automatically plays videos like other blitheness or slide transitions.

To start a video and advance the slide, choose an option:

  • Press any key
  • Click the mouse
  • Employ a remote clicker

Tip: Update older presentations to automatically play in-format options, such as audio and video.

Change how a video plays in your presentation:

  1. Select the video.
  2. In the toolbar, click Format options.
    • Y'all can also right-click on the video, then from the menu, select Format options.
  3. In the sidebar, nether "Video playback," cull an option:
    • Play (on click): Video plays when yous advance the slide. This is the default.
    • Play (automatically): Video plays without any clicks.
    • Play (manual): Video plays when you click specifically on the embedded video in the slide. This was previously the default.

Add audio file to a presentation

Y'all can add .mp3 and .wav files stored in your Drive to a presentation. Learn how to upload files to Google Drive.

Tip: You tin can utilize .wav files from:

  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Safari
  • Microsoft Edge
  1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. Select the slide that y'all desire to add the audio file to.
  3. ClickInsert and then  Audio.
  4. Choose an sound file.
  5. Click Select.

Access checker automatically suggests permissions for new users of presentations with:

  • Audio files
  • Video files

To ensure that a presenter can play a shared presentation embedded with video and audio files:

  1. On your calculator, open a Google Slides presentation.
  2. Click Share.
  3. Add people or groups.
  4. Choose Editor, Commenter, or Viewer.
  5. Click Share.
    • Tip: Access checker is automatic and may suggest an update to permissions.
  6. Confirm changes.

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