How to Make Text Wrap in Google Slides

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May 5, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to wrap text around images in Google Slides.

Quick summary

Google Slides does not have a native text wrap feature, but you can simulate it by combining an image and a manually resized text box side by side. This step-by-step demo shows how to achieve a text wrap effect in Google Slides using the Insert menu and manual line-break adjustments.

Steps

Open your presentation in Google Slides.
Navigate to the slide where you want to create the wrapped-text layout.
In the Insert menu, click Image and select your preferred source — for example, Stock & Web.
In the Stock & Web sidebar, search for an image and click it to insert it onto the slide.
Resize your image to the desired size and position.
Go back to the menu bar, click Insert, and choose Text box.
Draw the text box and add your text beside the image.
Resize the text box so the text fits neatly around the image.
Perform manual text wrapping by breaking the text where it overlaps the image and moving overlapping portions to a new line, repeating until the text wraps properly around the image.

📌 Why this matters

Google Slides lacks a built-in text wrap feature, making it challenging to create polished, image-and-text layouts for presentations. This demo matters because it gives Google Slides users a practical, repeatable workaround to achieve professional text wrap effects without third-party tools. Knowing how to manually position a text box alongside an image helps presenters create visually compelling slides that keep audiences engaged. For anyone who regularly builds decks in Google Slides, mastering this layout technique is a key productivity and design skill.

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