Collaborating on Google Slides presentations can be chaotic if multiple people are constantly making changes. If someone makes a mistake, the version history feature in Google Slides makes it easy to fix it. Here's how to do that.
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How to check version history in Google Slides
To get started, open Google Slides in your browser and go to any of your presentations. Be sure to make some changes if you opened a new document. If you don't have any edits, you won't see anything in the presentation's version history.
With that out of the way, it’s time to check your version history in Google Slides. There are two simple ways to check it. The easiest is to click on the “Last Edit Was” link to the right of the “Help” button in the menu bar.
You can also check the version history through an option in the menu bar, which is located just below the file name at the top of the screen. Go to File > Version History through the menu bar.
You’ll see two options in the Version History menu. To check out old versions of your Google Slides presentation, select “See Version History.” The “Name Current Version” option is something we’ll discuss in the next section.
Both of these methods have the same end result – opening the “Version History” window on the right side of the screen in Google Slides. Here, you’ll see timestamps for each version of your presentation. Click on any timestamp to review an older version of the presentation.
Google Slides tends to group specific versions of your presentations together. If you make a lot of changes in a short period of time , you 'll find them grouped together in the Version History pane on the right side of the screen. To reveal these hidden versions, you'll need to click the arrow icon to the left of the timestamp.
Once you do this, you will see several additional timestamps in the Version History window. This will allow you to easily find and select the version you need. Simply click on the correct timestamp and you are done.
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How to rename Google Slides presentation versions
Speaking of finding too many versions in Google Slides, it can be difficult to find the version of the presentation you want, especially if you're working on a large document with multiple collaborators. That's why you should also consider naming important versions of your Google Slides presentations.
Whenever you make a significant change to your presentations, you can open the Version History window in Google Slides. Now, click on the three-dot icon to the right of the timestamp.
You will now see a menu next to the timestamp in the Version History window. To rename it, click “Name This Version.”.
Type in any name you like. Once you've done that, you can either press the Enter key or click anywhere on the screen.
Once you’re done naming important versions of your presentation, you should check out a Google Slides feature that lets you quickly find renamed versions. Open the Version History window and flip the switch next to “Only Show Named Versions.”
This will only highlight versions that were renamed along with the current version of the document.
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How to restore old versions of Google Slides presentations
The final step involves restoring old versions of your Google Slides presentation. To do this, first, open the Version History window and select the version you need. The quickest way to get the job done is by clicking the yellow “Restore This Version” button at the top of the page in Google Slides, right next to the file name.
Alternatively, you can go to the Version History window and click on the three-dot icon next to the name of the correct version. Then, you need to select “Restore This Version.”.
This will restore an older version of the Google Slides presentation.
Information source: howtogeek.com
