One of the things I really like about Google Slides is that it's so flexible you can create custom layouts
for each slide, or you can use the layouts that are either built into Google Slides or that are part
of your theme.
Let me demonstrate I've again got my presentation about typography up, and I'm going to insert a new
slide after slide one.
So with slide one selected, I'm going to slide a new slide.
Now this slide comes with this default layout, where I could add a title and add a subtitle if I control,
click or right click on the slide and choose Apply layout.
You'll notice there are several different layouts here.
These are actually layouts that are built into Google Slides.
These layouts can be a useful starting point for a slide that you're building.
Right now, it's on the title slide.
Let's choose title and two columns.
And you'll notice the slight layout changes to accommodate a slide layout and two columns.
Now these slide layouts are just a starting point.
You can adjust them and make them look any way you like.
It's appropriate for your presentation.
Let's change it again.
Again, I'm going to control click.
I'm going to choose apply layouts and let's choose section title and description.
And here you can see another layout that's part of this particular theme.
I'm going to delete the slide by right clicking and choosing the leads.
Let's take an existing slide.
I'm going to control click and I can attempt to apply a lab to a slide that's already been designed.
Let's try a big number.
And notice it just superimposes the slide design over the existing layout.
This is not a particularly good idea, so I'm going to choose the undo option that'll undo the last
thing I did.
I did mention that these layouts are part of a theme.
So let's change to a different slide presentation and look at the layouts in a different theme.
I mean, she's file and new and then presentation that brings up a brand new blank presentation.
And you'll notice there are a number of themes here.
These teams are here to give you a starting point for the design of your presentation.
I'm going to choose modern writer and that's going to apply the modern writer theme.
Now the theme is different than the slide layout.
The slide layouts are actually part of the theme.
So if we add a new slide with that slide selected, I'm going to go to slide.
And apply layout, another way to do the same thing, and you'll notice there are different layouts
that are part of this theme.
So if I choose, for example, main point, we get the main point layout for this particular theme.
Often people get confused between themes and slide layouts.
Remember that your slide layouts are part of a theme or overall design kind of makes sense, and you're
always welcome to depart from the layouts by adding and moving elements within a slide yourself.