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~ Hector from the Disney movie

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  • Cesare Pavese

Fill Color

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  1. Click on the word phrase.
  2. Select Fill Color bucket icon.
  3. Select a different color for the word phrase.

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~ The Doctor, Season 5, Episode 13

Custom Color

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  1. Click on the Fill bucket paint bucket icon, the Border color pencil icon, or Background -> color.
  2. At the bottom of the new menu, select Custom.
  3. The 6 number hex color. Google may add 2 characters to the end of the color code. These last two letters determine opacity (transparency).
  4. Select OK.

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#00060b #6f8ea9 #003b6f

#00203c #a6b8c7

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Custom Color with Built-in Google Color Picker

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  • Click on the Fill bucket paint bucket icon, the Border color pencil icon, or Background -> color.
  • At the bottom of the new menu, select Custom.
  • Select the eye drop icon.
  • Click on the color in photo to capture it.
  • Repeat the process as many times as you like for other objects and text on the page.

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  • Fred Devito

#00b4db → #0083b0

Custom Gradient Color

  1. In Fill color, select Gradient.
  2. Click on Custom.
  3. Select the paint bucket icon.
  4. Type the first hex code from uiGradients. Click Okay.
  5. Select the other end of the spectrum and its paint bucket.
  6. Type the second hex code from uiGradients. Click Okay.
  7. This final product has a customized gradient color.

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~ Hector from the Disney movie

Shortcuts

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CTRL + ALT + j = decrease object size

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CTRL + ALT + k = increase object size

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Click here to learn more shortcuts

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OPTIONAL: Design Your Own Quote

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  • Use Insert -> Word Art
  • Type only one word at a time.
  • Use the Fill, Border, and Border weight.

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Text:

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Accent 1:

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Accent 2:

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Accent 3:

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Accent 4:

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Title Font:

Body Font:

Background:

Text:

Accent 1:

Accent 2:

Accent 3:

Accent 4:

STYLE GUIDE

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Credits

The directions in this lesson were written by Jennifer Scott of SlidesYearbook and are free to use and distribute under Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International.

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The images used with the quotes are linked in the speaker notes.

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