Create a Team Slide From an Existing Deck

If the slide you want already lives in one of your decks, you don't need to rebuild it! 

Create a Team Slide from an Existing Deck

1. Inside any presentation in the editor, click the slide you want to turn into a Team Slide.

2. Open the 'Manage' panel (the gear icon on the right-side toolbar). 
3. Click on 'Share Slide With Team'.
4. The "Share this slide with your team" window opens. Give the slide a clear name, optionally add a description or instructions, and add tags for easier searching.
5. Now the important part: under "How do you want to share this slide with your team?", pick one:
   • Create Slide Template — an editable slide for your team to customize.
   • Create Shared Slide — a finished, uneditable slide. Team Admins can edit Shared Slides and automatically update all instances.
6. Click 'PUBLISH'.

That's it. The slide is now in your Team Slides library as whichever type you chose. This window is also the clearest in-product explanation of the two types, so it's a great one to screenshot for your team.

To Note: you can only turn a slide into a Team Slide from a deck that's in your own Library, which means the presentation has to be one you created or one that's been shared with you. You can't reach into a teammate's library and pull a slide from a deck you don't have access to. So if the "good version" of a slide lives in someone else's deck, have them share that presentation with you first (or send you a copy). Once it's in your library, open it, find the slide, and use Share Slide With Team to capture work that's already done!