Google Slides for Confluence
Step-by-step installation guide
  1. Log into your Confluence instance as an admin
  2. Click on settings at the top right of your screen
  3. Click Find new apps from the left-hand side of the page
  4. Find Google Slides for Confluence via search
    The appropriate app version appears in the search results
  5. Click Try free to begin a new trial for Google Slides for Confluence
  6. Click Start free trial, Confluence will now download and install our awesome app!
How to use Google Slides for Confluence

After installing the app, it will become available as a Confluence macro. If you want to embed Slides presentations into a Confluence page, log in to Google Slides and select the presentation you want to embed.

Embed by pasting the link into your page

Once you have selected the presentation in Google Slides, copy the URL from the browser address bar and paste it directly into your Confluence page. The Google Slides for Confluence macro will open automatically.

You can edit the macro to adjust the dimensions:

  1. After selecting the macro, click on the Edit button to open the macro editor right side panel

  2. Select the desired dimensions & click insert
    Keep in mind that one of both dimensions (width & height) needs to be a css unit. Also note that height can only be an absolute unit (px, cm, etc) and not relative (%, em, etc)

  3. Publish your Confluence page & your Google Slides presentation will become visible!
    The presentation will open in edit mode

Embed using the macro editor

  1. When editing a page, click on the plus button at the top right of your screen and click on Other macro’s or View more

  2. Search for Google Slides for Confluence. Click on Google Slides for Confluence

  3. The macro editor right side panel will open, which will allow you to enter the URL of your Google Slides presentation. You can use either the browser address bar URL or the share link

  4. Select the desired dimensions & click insert
    Keep in mind that one of both dimensions (width & height) needs to be a css unit. Also note that height can only be an absolute unit (px, cm, etc) and not relative (%, em, etc)

  5. Publish your Confluence page & your Google Slides presentation will become visible!
    The presentation will open in edit mode

Embed using the HTML embed code

Once you have selected the presentation in Google Slides, open the File menu in the top left corner and click on the Publish to the web menu item. Click on Embed and copy the HTML embed code.

Using the code snippet in the macro editor

  1. When editing a page, click on the plus button at the top right of your screen and click on Other macro’s or View more

  2. Search for Google Slides for Confluence. Click on Google Slides for Confluence

  3. The macro editor right side panel will open, which will allow you to enter the HTML embed code in the URL field of the macro

  4. Select the desired dimensions & click insert
    Keep in mind that one of both dimensions (width & height) needs to be a css unit. Also note that height can only be an absolute unit (px, cm, etc) and not relative (%, em, etc)

  5. Publish your Confluence page & your Google Slides presentation will become visible!
    The presentation will open in present mode

About this app

Google Slides for Confluence makes it super easy to embed your work in Confluence pages!

Support

Need help with setting up the app? We're happy to help out! Please make sure to read the documentation where we have answered some of the frequently asked questions.

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