Modern presentation apps provide drawing options to enable presenters to scribble on slides. Google Slides also contains a Scribble tool for this very purpose. Furthermore, you can also use third-party tools to draw on Google Slides or import your drawings via Google Drawings.
Methods to Draw on Google Slides
Scribble Tool in Google Slides
You can access the Scribble tool via Insert -> Line -> Scribble to draw on Google Slides. The tool can be used on any presentation, whether you create from scratch or Google Slides templates.
Using the Scribble tool, you can freely draw on Google Slides since it is essentially a pen tool for drawing on slides.
To format your drawings or to edit the color, weight, line dash, line start, or line end, see the options on the toolbar.
You can also find additional formatting options via Format Options to change the look and feel of the content you have added to the slide.
From Format Options, you can adjust the size, rotate your drawings, change their position on the slide, and add a drop shadow or reflection.
Annotate Extension for Chrome
Another method to add a Google Slides drawing is to use the Annotate extension for Chrome. This annotation and screen-sharing extension can be used to annotate webpages, Google Slides, Google Docs, and PDFs. Furthermore, the extension also works with Google Meet.
Once installed in Chrome, you can use Annotate to log in with a Google, Classlink, or Microsoft account.
Annotate provides a pen, highlighter, and eraser for annotation and options to record a voice note, camera, or screen recording. You can also save annotations to your Annotate account.
Annotate can be used for free-form drawings, highlighting content, and creating screen recordings from your Google Slides presentations.
You can also select the weight, stroke, and opacity of your pen to give a custom look to your drawings.
Annotate gives more control over your drawings than the Scribble tool that comes with Google Slides. Hence, it can be a handy extension to draw in Google Slides.
Insert Google Drawing into Google Slides
Another method to draw on Google Slides is to create a drawing and insert it in Google Slides. To create a drawing, go to Google Drive and create a new drawing or go to drawings.google.com.
Google Drawings gives many handy options for making drawings to publish them online or save them offline. Once you finish your drawing, you can publish it online or download it as an image or PDF file via the File menu.
You can insert your drawings in Google Slides by going to your presentation and inserting the drawing. If it’s an image file, you can upload the drawing via Insert -> Image or use the link you created to insert the drawing By URL.
You can further edit the added drawing by making adjustments from Format Options in Google Slides.
The various format options to edit your drawing include the ability to adjust the size and rotate the drawing, change its position, recolor the drawing, adjust the paucity, brightness, and contrast, and add drop shadow and reflection.
FAQs
You can draw directly on Google Slides using the Scribble tool. Go to Insert > Line > Scribble to start free-form drawing on your slides.
The Scribble tool is a drawing feature in Google Slides that allows you to draw free-form lines and shapes on your slides. It acts like a pen tool and can be used to create custom drawings directly on your slides.
Yes, after creating your drawing with the Scribble tool, you can change its color, line weight, and dash style from the toolbar options. Additional customization options are available via Format Options.
Yes, for more advanced drawing features, you can use the Annotate extension for Chrome. This extension offers tools such as a pen, highlighter, eraser, and even voice and screen recording options.
Yes, you can create a drawing in Google Drawings and insert it into your Google Slides presentation. To do this, create your drawing in Google Drawings, then save it or publish it online, and insert it into Google Slides via Insert > Image or Insert by URL.
Once your Google Drawing is inserted in Google Slides, you can adjust its size, position, and rotation via Format Options. You can also change the brightness, contrast, and add effects like drop shadow or reflection.
Drawings added with the Scribble tool or Google Drawings are slide-specific. To add a drawing across multiple slides, you need to manually duplicate it onto each slide. Alternatively, you can use the Master Slide layout to add recurring design elements.
Final Words
The Scribble tool gives free-form drawing options for Google Slides by default. You can also use Google Drawings to draw and upload a drawing and further adjust it in Google Slides according to need. If you need a more comprehensive option to draw and annotate slides, you can use the Annotate extension for Chrome.
