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Edit presentations on your phone or tablet

You can edit presentations with the Slides app.

Edit a presentation

  1. Open the Slides app Image.
  2. Touch the presentation you want to edit.
  3. Begin editing.

Editing options

Some editing options are only available on the most recent version of the Google Slides app for Android or iPhone/iPad.

Cut, copy, and paste text
  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Double-tap a word to select it. Move the blue markers to select more text.
  3. Touch one of these options:
    • Cut
    • Copy
    • Paste

You can cut and paste text, or copy and paste it, in the same presentation or another presentation in the Slides app. But, text copied and pasted from one presentation into another will be pasted without formatting.

Format text on a slide

Bold, italicize, underline, and strikethrough text

  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Double-tap a word to select it. Move the blue markers to select more text. You can also tap a text box or shape to format all of the text at once.
  3. Touch the format icon Format.
  4. Choose from one of the following options:
    Icon Description
    Image Bold
    Image Italics
    Image Underline
    Image Strikethrough
    Image Superscript
    Image Subscript
  5. Your text will change when you choose an option. Touch the option again to remove the formatting.

Change font style, size, or color

  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Double-tap a word to select it. Move the blue markers to select more text.
  3. Touch the format icon Format.
  4. Change the font style, size, or color:
    • Font: Touch Font to select a new font.
    • Text size: Touch the arrows next to Size to make the text bigger or smaller.
    • Text color: Touch Text color and choose a color.

Add a numbered or bulleted list

  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Touch a section of a slide or double-tap a word to select it. Move the blue markers to select more text.
  3. Touch the format icon Format.
  4. Go to the "Paragraph" section.
  5. Choose from one of the following options:
    Icon Description
    Image Numbered list
    Image Bulleted list

Clear text formatting

  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Double-tap a word to select it. Move the blue markers to select more text.
  3. Touch the format icon Format.
  4. On the formatting menu, touch Clear formatting.
Add, move, and remove slides

Add a new slide

  1. Open a presentation and scroll to the slide you want the new slide to follow.
  2. Next to the thumbnail list of slides, touch the new slide icon Image.
  3. Choose a layout for the new slide from the list.

Move a slide within a presentation

  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Touch and hold a slide and drag it to a new place in the slide list. To select multiple slides, tap them to add them to your selection.

Remove a slide

  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Touch a slide once to select it.
  3. Touch the slide again and touch Delete.
Edit speaker notes

To edit speaker notes for your slides

  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Touch the menu icon Image.
  3. Choose Show speaker notes.
  4. Touch the text box to add or change notes.
Undo or redo an action

To undo an action, go to the top of the screen and touch the undo icon Image.

To redo an action, touch the redo icon Image.

Add text and change slide layout

Add slide text

To add text on a slide, double-tap the section of the slide where you want to add text and begin typing.

To add a new text box:

  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Touch the + button in the top-right.
  3. Select Text.
  4. Touch the text box and start adding text.

Change slide layout (Android)

To change the layout of a slide:

  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Touch and hold a slide.
  3. In the menu that appears, select Change layout.
  4. Choose a new layout.
Add, remove, or crop shapes and images

To enhance your presentation, add a table, shape, or image.

Add an image or shape

  1. Open a presentation.
  2. Touch the + button in the top right.
  3. Choose one of the following options:
    • From photos: Choose a picture that’s stored on your device.
    • From camera: Take a new picture.
    • Shape: Touch a shape to add it to the slide.
  4. Once the image or shape has been added to your slide, hold and drag it to a new place on the slide or resize it using the blue corners on the image.

Remove an image or shape

  1. Open a presentation to an image or shape.
  2. Tap the image or shape.
  3. Touch Delete. For images, touch Replace to switch the image with another one.

Crop an image

  1. Open a presentation to an image.
  2. Double-tap the image.
  3. Drag the black markers until the image has been cropped the way you want.
  4. To mask the image, go to the toolbar and touch the mask icon Image.
  5. Choose a shape.
  6. Touch the checkmark in the upper left.

Change shape color

  1. Open a presentation and touch a shape.
  2. Touch the format icon Format.
  3. Go to the “Shape” section and touch the colored circle to change colors. Touch back on the slide to continue editing.
Add and edit tables (Slides presentations)

Add a table

  1. Open a presentation and select a slide.
  2. Touch the + button in the top right.
  3. Select Table.
  4. Touch the arrows next to “Columns” and “Rows” to add or remove columns and rows to the table.
  5. Touch Insert table.

Add a row or column in a table

  1. Open a presentation and touch a table.
  2. Touch a gray box on the top or left to select an entire column or row.
  3. In the menu that appears, touch the arrow on the right to see these options:
    • Insert columns left: Add a column to the left of the selected column
    • Insert columns right: Add a column to the right of the selected column
    • Insert rows above: Add a row above the selected row
    • Insert rows below: Add a row below the selected row

Select and merge multiple cells in a table

  1. Open a presentation and touch a table.
  2. Touch a gray box on the top or left to select an entire column or row.
  3. Drag the blue markers to expand the highlighted section in the table to the rows or columns you want selected.
  4. Go to the menu that appears and touch Merge cells (Android) or Merge (iPhone/iPad).

Adjust row height or column width

  1. Open a presentation and touch a table.
  2. Touch a gray box on the top or left to select an entire column or row.
  3. To make the columns or rows larger or smaller, drag the three lines on the box Image.
  4. To make all the columns or rows the same size, go to the menu and touch Distribute columns or Distribute rows.
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