Google Slides - Working with Text

Google Slides give users various options to format and edit your text. Google Slides give multiple shortcuts to format the text.

Format Text

You can add text using the Text box in Google Slides and select any font type and size.

You can change the font size by increasing or decreasing the font size by selecting the font and clicking on the ‘+’ symbol in the toolbar to increase the font size until you get the desired font size. To decrease the font, click on the ‘–’ symbol in the tool.

Text Formatting Shortcuts

Formatting Text	Windows	Mac
Increase Font Size	Ctrl + Shift + >	Cmd + Shift + >
Decrease Font Size	Ctrl + Shift + <	Cmd + Shift + <
Indent Paragraph to Right	Ctrl + ]	Cmd + ]
Indent Paragraph to Left	Ctrl + [	Cmd + [

Note To get the Font Increase/Decrease option, you need to select the text first for which the size has to be increased or decreased.

How to Align Text in Google Slides

You can align the text to center, justify, left or right.

Align Text	Windows	Mac
Align Right	Ctrl + Shift + R	Cmd + Shift + R
Align Left	Ctrl + Shift + L	Cmd + Shift + L
Align Center	Ctrl + Shift + E	Cmd + Shift + E
Justify text	Ctrl + Shift + J	Cmd + Shift + J

How to change the color of Text

Let us see how I can change the text color

Select the text to change its color and go to toolbar.

Bold, Italicize and Underline

Select the text and go to toolbar and bold the text, italicize the text or underline the text.

Arrange the text box

There are 2 ways to arrange the text box either to the center of the page horizontally or vertically.

How to add Number list or Bulleted list

List is a great way to highlight an important point. There are 2 type of lists – Numbered List and Bulleted List.

To format the bullet or numbered list further, go to Format -> Bullets & Numbering, you can either click on either ‘Numbered List’ or ‘Bulleted List’ to format ‘Numbered list‘ or ‘Bulleted list’ respectively.