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How to Decorate Google Slides: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Tired of bland Google Slides presentations? Want to make your slides more beautifully ornamented? You have come to the right place. In this blog post, we will guide you through some tips and tricks on how to decorate your Google Slides like a pro.


Why Bother with Decorating Google Slides?


A well-decorated Google Slide presentation can make a huge difference. It could get the attention, make your content memorable, or even give you more credibility. Plus, it is a great avenue for expressing one’s creativity and personality.


Step-by-Step Guide to Decorating Your Google Slides


Step 1: Choose a Vibrant Color Palette


  • Never Overdo in Terms of Color Balance: Be on the Side of Simplicity. You cannot put too many colors on your slides. Stick with 2-3 major colors and lesser accent colors.
  • Make use of a Color Wheel: A color wheel can guide you in the selection of perfect complementary colors that are lovely when paired together.
  • Know Your Audience: Select colors that are suitable to your audience and topic for the presentation.


Step 2: Use Suitable Fonts


  • Limit your fonts. Use 2-3 maximum. Too many fonts will make your slides cluttered.
  • First, think about readability. Choose readable fonts, especially for headings and body text.
  • Font styles: Bold, italics, and underlines shall enhance and add that visual pop.


Step 3: Quality Pictures


  • Select Images That Relate to Your Content: That way, images relate directly to your content.
  • Select Clear-Resolution Pictures: There is no use for low-resolution pictures, as they would pixelate on your page.
  • Placement of Images: There is always a strategic placement of images to break up the text and add some visual pop.


Step 4: Attractive Graphics


  • Use simple icons to associate ideas and concepts.
  • Infographics can be used to make complex data or statistics easier to follow and understand.
  • Use diagrams to illustrate complex processes or relationships.


Step 5: Use SmartArt


  • Variety of Shapes: Makes use of a wide range of shapes in creating unique designs.
  • Customizable Colors and Styles: Alter the look to work with your color scheme and choose your fonts.
  • Powerful Data Visualization: Use SmartArt when assembling data into a graphic form that is readable and concise


Step 6: Try themes


  • Free Google Slides themes: There’s literally a huge collection of free themes you can download from the internet.
  • Customized Themes: Use themes to create the layout according to meet your needs.
  • Consistent Branding: Use themes in your presentation to create a consistent brand identity.


Some More Tips:


  • White Space: Avoid overcrowding your slides. White space will enhance readability.
  • Alignment: Avoid mixed and disorganized text and objects by creating alignment throughout your slides. It will make your presentation clean and professional.
  • Slide Transitions: Use slight transitions between slides to ensure the continuity of your presentation is not affected.
  • Animation: Add very minimal animation to highlight important points and add visual interest.
  • Proofread: Be sure to proofread the slides for typos and grammatical errors.


Now armed with these tips, you can turn dull Google Slides into visually striking. Practice makes perfect, so experiment and have a blast doing them!


Want to learn more about making presentations an interesting experience? Check out our blog post on How Can You Make Your PowerPoint Presentation Attractive?


Experiment with these ideas, and enjoy the process of making your presentation uniquely yours!

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Arockia Mary Amutha is a seasoned senior content writer at SlideEgg, bringing over four years of dedicated experience to the field. Her expertise in presentation tools like PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Canva shines through in her clear, concise, and professional writing style. With a passion for crafting engaging and insightful content, she specializes in creating detailed how-to guides, tutorials, and tips on presentation design that resonate with and empower readers.

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