Change the theme, background, or layout in Google Slides

You can customize how your presentation looks in Google Slides past irresolute the theme, background, or layout.

  • Theme:A preset group of colors, fonts, background, and layouts.
  • Background:The film or color behind your slide's content.
  • Layout:The fashion your text and images are arranged on a slide.

Change the background color or image

Change background color

A background is the picture or color behind your slide's content. Yous can change the background color of 1 slide or the whole presentation.

  1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. Choose a slide.
  3. At the pinnacle, click Slide Change groundwork.
  4. To the right of "Color," click the box and cull a color.
    1. To add your own color, under "Custom," click Add New.
    2. You can select a hex lawmaking or manually adjust the color, hue, and transparency.
    3. Click OK.
  5. To add the color to:
    • I slide, click Washed.
    • The whole presentation, click Add to theme.

Modify groundwork paradigm

You lot tin add an image saved in Google Drive or on your computer, so apply it to 1 slide or the whole presentation.

Note: Images must be a .gif, .jpg, or .png, and less than 50 MB.

  1. On your calculator, open a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. Choose a slide.
  3. At the top, click Slide Change background.
  4. To the correct of "Paradigm," click Choose.
  5. Choose an image, then click Select.
    • To add the image to i slide, click Done.
    • To add the image to the whole presentation, click Add to theme.

Import new theme

Notation:Your imported theme must exist from an existing Google Slides or PowerPoint presentation. You lot tin likewise apply your own image as the groundwork for the unabridged presentation.

  1. On your reckoner, open a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. At the top, clickSlide Change theme.
  3. In the bottom correct, clickImport theme.
  4. Double-click the presentation you want to apply.
  5. Click the theme you want.
  6. ClickImport theme.

Edit your theme colors

Y'all can modify the private colors that make upward your presentation'due south theme.

  1. On your computer, open up a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. At the top, click Slide Edit theme.
  3. At the top, click ColorsColor .
  4. To the correct, under "Theme colors," choose the color you lot want to edit from the driblet-downwardly.
    • To apply a pre-ready color: Under "Default," click the color you want to use.
    • To customize a color: In the multi-colored foursquare, click the color you want to use or enter a hex value. You lot can also modify the transparency of each color.

Alter layout

A layout is the fashion your text and images are bundled on a slide.

  1. On your calculator, open up a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. Select a slide.
  3. At the top, click Layout.
  4. Choose the layout you want to employ.

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