You can customize how your presentation looks in Google Slides. Start your presentation from a template or change the theme, background, or layout.
- Theme: A preset group of colors, fonts, background, and layouts.
- Background: The picture or color behind your slide's content.
- Layout: The way your text and images are arranged on a slide.
- Template: A pre-designed collection of slides with a combination of:
- Themes
- Layouts
- Backgrounds
- Fonts
- Color schemes
- Sample or placeholder content
Change theme
- On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
- At the top, click Slide
Change theme.
- On the right, click the theme you want.
Change background color
A background is the picture or color behind your slide's content. You can change the background color of one slide or all the slides in the presentation.
- On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
- Choose a slide.
- At the top, click Slide
- To the right of "Color," click the box.
- Select a color.
- To add your own color, under "Custom," click Add
.
- You can select a hex code or manually adjust the color, hue, and transparency.
- Click OK.
- To add your own color, under "Custom," click Add
- To add the color to:
- One slide, click Done.
- The entire presentation, click Add to theme.
Change background image
You can add an image from Google Drive or your computer to one slide or the whole presentation.
Important: Images must be a .gif, .jpg, or .png, and less than 50 MB.
- On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
- Choose a slide.
- At the top, click Slide
- To the right of "Image," click Choose.
- Choose an image, then click Select.
- To add the image to one slide, click Done.
- To add the image to the whole presentation, click Add to theme.
Tip: You can also drag and drop an image in Google Slides. Hover near the edge of your presentation canvas to replace a background image in your presentation.
Important: Import a new theme for your background from:
- A Google Slide or PowerPoint presentation
- Your own image
- On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
- At the top, click Slide
- At the bottom right, click Import theme.
- Double-click the presentation you want to use.
- Click the theme you want.
- Click Import theme.
You can change the individual colors that make up your presentation's theme.
- On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
- At the top, click Slide
.
- To the right, under "Theme colors," select the color you want to edit from the drop-down.
- To use a pre-set color: Under "Default," click the color you want to use.
- To customize a color: In the multi-colored square, click the color you want to use or enter a hex value. You can also change the transparency of each color.
A layout is the way your text and images are arranged on a slide.
- On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
- Select a slide.
- At the top, click Layout.
- Select the layout you want to use.
A layout is the way your text and images are arranged on a slide.
- On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
- At the toolbar, select File
- On the right, click the theme you want.
Use Google slide templates
Important:
- Google slide templates are currently only available in English (US) locale.
- If you use a work or school account on Google Slides, you might only see organization branded slide templates.
- On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
- To use templates, at the top left, click Templates
.
- Click on the template you want to use.
- You can choose to insert:
- An individual slide: Click on the slide.
- All slides from the template: Click Insert all slides.
