Additionally, you could select the image, then add a link to your organization’s web page. SEE: Research: Video conferencing tools and cloud-based solutions dominate digital workspaces VPN and VDI less popular with SMBs (TechRepublic Premium)įor example, you might insert a logo in the lower left corner of your Title slide layout. A business might customize colors (e.g., text, background) and add images (e.g., logo) or text-optionally, along with web links-according to the organization’s visual identity standards or guidelines. The theme builder displays as shown in Figure E.Ĭhanges you make within the theme builder may be applied to every slide of that type within your presentation. To access the theme builder while in your presentation, select Slide | Edit Theme (or select View | Theme Builder). The Theme Builder within Google Slides lets you control the default arrangement of text, images, colors and fonts for various slide types (e.g., Title slide, Title and content, Title and body, Main point, caption, etc.). How to customize your theme in Google Slides This allows you to select another presentation from which to import themes. Figure D On the web, access the Change theme side panel, then select Import Theme. Access imported themes in the list as covered in the above “Select a theme” section. Click (or tap) on the one you want, then Import Theme. Once selected, the system displays the themes in the file available for import ( Figure D). The file might be another Google Slide presentation or a Microsoft PowerPoint file. Next, select the presentation that contains the themes you want to import. In your browser, with your presentation open, choose Slide | Change Theme (or select the Theme button from the icon menu) then select Import Theme (lower right, at the bottom of the Themes sidebar). Google Slides on the web also lets you import themes from other presentations. If you have time, repeat the process for each of the available pre-built themes. Apply one of the pre-built themes, then scroll through your slides to assess the changes. To become familiar with all of the options, I suggest you make a copy of an existing presentation you have that has many (e.g., 20+) slides with different layouts. Figure C The Android Google Slides app also offers access to the standard set of themes. In the Google Slides app on Android, while in slide edit mode, tap the three-vertical-dot menu (upper right) | Change Theme | From Google to display built-in themes ( Figure C). Figure B You also may change themes in the Google Slides app on iPhone and iPad. In the Google Slides app on iPhone and iPad, tap the three-horizontal-dot menu (upper right) | Change Theme | From Google to display built-in themes ( Figure B). Figure A On the web, select Slide | Change to access pre-built themes in a side panel. Click on a theme to apply it to your presentation slides. On the web, choose Slide | Change Theme (or select the Theme button from the icon menu) and then available themes display on a side panel ( Figure A). How to select a theme in Google slidesĪs of early August 2021, you may apply any of the 23 pre-built, Google-provided slide themes to your presentation in Slides on the web, as well as in the Slides mobile apps on Android, iPhone and iPad. Here’s how to get started with themes in Google Slides. Build your theme once, then use it whenever you need it to create presentations in your preferred visual style. A theme reduces the need for people to manually select the correct font, font size or logo to be used in each presentation. When used by many people for many presentations, a theme can help give your presentations a consistent visual identity. Microsoft adds Copilot AI productivity bot to 365 suiteĦ best alternatives for 2023 (Free & Paid) SEE: The future of work: Tools and strategies for the digital workplace (free PDF) (TechRepublic) What's hot at TechRepublic Much like paragraph styles in a Google Doc standardize text formatting (e.g., title, subtitle, heading 1, heading 2, normal text, etc.), a theme standardizes the arrangement and default display of Google Slides. Google Slides not only lets you select and apply any of the built-in presentation themes, but also lets you customize the look and layout of your slides with the Theme Builder. Standardize the look and layout of your presentations with the Google Slides theme builder How to select, import and customize Google Slides themes
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