Design tab in Slides Windows
The Design tab provides options to customize the presentation's theme, slideshow properties, and layout.
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Layout – Allows you to change the layout of your slide, ideal in cases when you want to tailor your slide's layout to the information being presented. |
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Themes – Use a theme in your presentation to drastically change its visual style. |
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Slide Size – Pick between Standard, Widescreen, or set a custom size for your slides. |
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Format Background – Customize the slide's background by inserting a picture or using a fill color. |
Design tab in Slides Android
The Design tab is where you'll find the features dedicated to changing your presentation's visuals and layout.
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Themes – Opens the themes browser, which lets you apply a customizable look to your presentation. |
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Change Layout – Change a selected slide's layout to optimize how your content is presented. |
Design tab in Slides iOS
The Design tab is used to customize your presentation using things such as built-in themes, layouts and background pictures. The options there include:
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Themes – Select a theme from the available built-in ones. |
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Change Layout – Change the layout of the slide to best suit the information you're trying to present. |
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Slide Size – Pick between a Standard (4:3), Widescreen (16:9) or set a Custom size for your slide. |
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Background Color – Allows you to set a background color or picture, as well as their respective opacity and offset. |
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Background Picture – Select and insert a picture as your background. |
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Background Options – Define certain aspects of the background such as offset and opacity. |
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Apply to all – Applies the background color or picture from one slide to all others. |
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Reset Background – Removes the background color or picture from a slide. |