every Google slides presentation is
composed of a series of slides to begin
creating a presentation you'll need to
know the basics of working with slides
the key is understanding how slides
layouts and placeholders work let's take
a look at placeholders first when you
start with a new slide it'll usually
include one or more placeholders you can
create a new slide by clicking the new
slide command or click the drop down
arrow to choose a layout that fits your
content simply click the placeholder and
start typing to add your text
rather than inserting more slides for
the rest of the presentation I'm going
to duplicate this one instead this can
really save you time when the slide you
need is similar to what you already have
to duplicate slides select the one you
want to duplicate right-click the mouse
and choose duplicate slide
you can change the order of your slides
just as quickly just click and drag
within the slide navigation pane to the
desired position if you want to remove a
slide from your presentation you can
delete it simply select the one you want
to delete then press the Delete or
backspace key on your keyboard
next let's take a closer look at the
slide itself and some of the ways you
can customize it you can quickly alter
the layout and color palette of all your
slides by changing the theme of the
presentation you can select a theme from
the themes pane on the right just click
the desired theme and it will be applied
to the entire presentation
it's important to know that when
switching to a different theme place
holders will move or resize
automatically to fit the new theme but
manually inserted text boxes won't
placeholders should generally be used
whenever possible rather than inserting
new text boxes to keep a presentation
looking consistent there are still a
couple more features that will let you
customize your slides for example you
can add a background image or change the
color
now you know how to work with slides
placeholders and layouts including a few
simple tricks for changing your
presentations design
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