Page Summary
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A Google Slides Presentation is composed of pages, and a Page can have one or more page elements.
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There are various types of pages a presentation can contain, including Slide, Master, Layout, NotesPage, and NotesMasters.
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Each PageElement on a page can be one of several types, such as Shape, Line, Image, SheetsChart, Video, Table, WordArt, or Group.
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The visual appearance, size, and position of some page elements can be modified.
This guide describes the data types that make up a Slides presentation. For additional detail on pages, page elements, and their properties, see the corresponding section of the Google Slides API documentation.
A Slides
Presentation is composed of
pages.
A Page can have one or more page
elements.
Page types
There are various different types of pages that a presentation can contain.
A Page can be one of the following
types:
| Page type | Description |
|---|---|
Slide |
The pages that users see and |
flip between when the presentation is rendered on a screen.
Master | Contains placeholders that
establish default text styles, as well as background and other shapes that make
up the default background for all slides based on that master.
Layout | Determines how content is
arranged on each type of slide.
NotesPage | Used for speaker's
notes.
NotesMasters | Used for
speaker's notes.
Page element types
Each PageElement on a page can
be one of the following types:
| Page element type | Description |
|---|---|
Shape |
A plain visual object, such as |
rectangles, ellipses, and text boxes. Shapes can contain text, so they are the
most common page elements to build slides.
Line | A visual line, curve, or
connector.
Image | A graphic imported into
Slides.
SheetsChart | A chart imported
into Slides from Google Sheets.
Video | A video imported into
Slides.
Table | A grid of content.
WordArt | A visual text element
that behaves more like a shape.
Group | A set of page elements that
are treated as an individual unit. They can be moved, scaled, and rotated
together.
The visual appearance of some page elements can be modified by changing their fill, border, and text. Also change a page element's size and position.