Powerful Presentations With Google Slides - Slide Backgrounds

The video tutorial explains how to effectively select and customize backgrounds in Google Slides. It covers the importance of choosing backgrounds that enhance readability and reflect branding. The tutorial demonstrates how to change backgrounds using themes, solid colors, gradients, and images. It also shows how to apply these backgrounds to all slides in a presentation, ensuring consistency. The video emphasizes the need for contrast and provides practical steps for creating custom gradients and using photographic backgrounds.

Why is it important to consider contrast when selecting a background for your presentation?

• To ensure the text is readable

• To make the presentation look colorful

• To match the background with the theme

• To make the presentation more complex

What is one way to change the background of a slide in Google Slides?

• By adjusting the slide size

• By selecting a new theme

• By adding animations

• By changing the font style

How can you apply a custom color to a slide background in Google Slides?

• By choosing a random color

• By using a color wheel

• By entering a hexadecimal code

• By selecting a pre-made template

What is a gradient background?

• A background with a single solid color

• A background with a pattern

• A background with a gradual transition between colors

• A background with a photographic image

What is the difference between linear and radial gradients?

• Linear gradients transition in a line, radial gradients emanate from a center point

• Linear gradients are faster to create, radial gradients are slower

• Linear gradients are circular, radial gradients are straight

• Linear gradients are more colorful, radial gradients are monochrome

How can you customize a gradient in Google Slides?

• By adding gradient stops

• By changing the slide layout

• By using a different font

• By adjusting the slide size

What should you consider when using a photographic background?

• The file format of the image

• The number of images used

• The contrast between the image and text

• The size of the image