Create Content, Images & Audio Overviews with Gemini in Drive

Generate a Google Docs document

You can use Ask Gemini to create a Google Docs document.

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
3. Enter a prompt, for example:
   1. “Create a meeting notes agenda”
   2. “Generate a draft with a response to this email”
   3. “Create a quick project coordination doc with a 30/60/90 plan section”.
4. Click Submit.

Generate a Google Slides presentation

You can use Ask Gemini to create a fully editable presentation in Google Slides with a single prompt.

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
3. Enter a prompt, for example:
   1. "Create a slide on quantum computing for a general audience with a modern design."
   2. Optional:
      1. To give your presentation the same style as an existing slide deck, you can use @ to reference it. For example: “Create a presentation based on @old_project”.
      2. To refine your presentation plan, you can answer Gemini’s follow-up questions or clarifications. These questions will differ based on your topic or references you provided. You can skip these questions.
4. Click Submit. Gemini generates a presentation plan.
5. Once satisfied with the plan, click Approve.
6. Keep the tab open until Gemini generates your presentation. You can switch to other tabs or windows but do not close the existing tab.
7. Once the presentation is generated, you can open it in Google Slides to view and edit. Learn more about how to Generate presentations with Gemini in Google Slides.

Generate a Google Sheets spreadsheet

You can use Ask Gemini to create a Google Sheets spreadsheet.

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
3. Enter a prompt, for example:
   1. "Create a sheet to track my monthly expenses with columns for date, category, amount, and notes."
   2. "Create a table for a project tracker in Google Sheets with columns for task, assignee, deadline, and status."
   3. "Create a 10-day itinerary for a first-time visitor covering Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka."
   4. "Create a visual dashboard in Sheets of this sales data."
4. Click Submit.

Export Gemini's output to Docs or Sheets

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
3. Ask for a table, proposal, or formatted list.
4. Once generated, click the Export to Docs or Export to Sheets icon.

   1. Note: Any file created via Ask Gemini's immersive workspace automatically saves to your My Drive root folder.

Create Audio Overviews with Gemini

Important: Audio Overview generation only supports a single file at a time. If you select multiple files, a folder, or a Drive project, the generation will fail.

If you have early access to Gemini Beta or Google Workspace Experiments, you can use natural language to generate an Audio Overview from your files. If you aren’t in either of these programs, you can generate Audio Overviews by right clicking your selected file.

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini.
3. Type a prompt to create an audio overview, such as "Generate an audio overview for the @Monthly Report."
4. You can also generate an overview directly from an open file. To generate an overview,
   1. Select the file from the list in your Google Drive.
   2. Right click the file and select Create audio overview .
5. Follow the prompts to customize your audio file, such as its length and output format.
6. To play your audio overview, wait for it to finish generating, and then click click Play .
7. Once the audio overview is generated, you will receive an email with the file link.
   • All audio overviews are saved in the "Audio overviews" folder in My Drive.
   • Gemini will generate a name for the Audio overview based on the content.

If you refresh the page or close the side panel or the tab before the generation is done, the file doesn’t generate.

You can generate an overview directly from the following file types:

• PDF files.
• Google Docs
• Google Slides
• Microsoft Office Word Document
• Microsoft Office Powerpoint Presentation
• Plain Text files
• Videos

Tips:

• You can only generate audio overviews on the web, but you can access them on the web, iOS, and Android.
• You can only generate 20 audio overviews per day.

Create Images with Gemini

To create images:

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
3. Click Tools Create Images
4. Type a prompt.