Use a template or change the theme, background or layout in Google Slides

You can customise 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 colours, fonts, backgrounds and layouts.
• Background: The picture or colour behind your slide's content.
• Layout: The way that your text and images are arranged on a slide.
• Template: A pre-designed collection of slides with a combination of:
  • Themes
  • Layouts
  • Backgrounds
  • Fonts
  • Colour schemes
  • Sample or placeholder content

Change theme

A theme is a preset group of colours, fonts, backgrounds and layouts.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a presentation in the Google Slides app .
2. Double-tap the slide that you want to change.
3. At the top right, tap More Change theme.
4. Tap the theme that you want.

Change layout

A layout is the way that you arrange text and images on a slide.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a presentation in the Google Slides app .
2. Double-tap the slide that you want to change.
3. Tap More Change layout.
4. Tap the layout that you want to use.

Change background image

To change the background, open your presentation on a computer.

Learn how to change a slide background.

Create slides from a template

A background is the picture or colour behind your slide's content.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Slides app .
2. At the bottom, tap the Add button .
3. Select Choose template  select a template.