Add and customize text

Add and edit a text blockCopy section link

1. Add text from the toolbar and choose its role: H1, H2, H3, Paragraph or Quote.
2. Type directly on the canvas.
3. Select the block and use its properties to change the appearance.
4. Leave the editing field or press Ctrl+Enter to confirm. Escape cancels the active text edit.

Roles give text a consistent starting style from the presentation theme. They are not separate slide layouts.

Customize the appearanceCopy section link

Adjust font family, font size, weight, alignment, color or gradient, and opacity. Move, resize and rotate the text block to fit the composition. Rich-text formatting lets you style content without replacing it with an image.

Choosing a theme palette swatch links the color to that theme slot. Choosing a custom color fixes the color instead. A fixed color does not become linked just because its HEX value matches a theme color.

Changing a role reconnects its typography to the theme. Editing an individual typography property makes that property an override. See themes.

Keep text usefulCopy section link

Use a short heading and readable body text. Check your slide at presentation size, not only while zoomed in.

Convert to Vector turns text into editable glyph shapes for masks and boolean operations. It is no longer editable as text and is not included in plain-text export. Keep a text copy if you may need to revise the wording. Undo restores the original text.

See vector composition.