How to make transparent text and shape in Google Slides ?

👤 Diwas Poudel 🕒 27 May 2023 📁 FIX

Nowadays, most business and office work is done online, and people want to share their work. Most people use Google products such as Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Slides to share their work. When you're using Google Slides, you might like to insert shapes and text and try to make those shapes and text transparent, so you search the web for the answer and finally, you reach here. And If you want to make shapes (squares, rectangles, or any other boxes) and text transparent, you've come to the right place. In Google Slides, there is no shortcut or specific button for creating transparent text and shapes.

Make Shape Transparent in Google Slides

Here we are explaining on the basis of Transparent Background concepts. Steps for making any shape transparent in Google Slides are:

1 Open Google Slides

2 Insert your shape by clicking on Insert > Shape and then selecting your desired shape.

Here, for demonstration, I am taking squares and adding the above images.

3 Click on Shape and Click on the pouring paint bucket icon.

Note: You should select the shape and then only we will see the pouring paint bucket icon.

4 Click on the Custom button.

5 This will take you to a window where you can change the color and transparency. Just scroll the Transparency level to 0.

6 Click on the Ok button.

How to make semi-transparent text in Google Slides?

Steps for making any shape transparent in Google Slides are:

1 Open Google Slides

2 Insert your shape by clicking on Insert > Shape and then selecting your desired shape.

Here, for demonstration, I am taking squares and adding the above images.

3 Click on Shape and Click on the pouring paint bucket icon.

4 Click on the Custom button.

5 This will take you to a window where you can change the color and transparency. Just scroll the Transparency level to somewhere in the middle.

Note that if you bring the transparency level to the middle then it will be partially transparent.

6 Click on the Ok button.

Also Read: Features, Purpose, and Use of Google Slides

How to make transparent text in Google Slides?

For this, you can use transparent background concepts. Steps for making any shape transparent in Google Slides using transparent background concepts are as follows:

1 Open Google Slides

2 Click on Insert > Word Art. Write your desired word and press Enter.

3 Click on the Text you have just entered and click on the Pouring paint bucket icon.

4 Click on the Custom button.

5 Then Scroll the Transparency Level to 0

6 Click on the Ok button.

Assume you've successfully inserted a Shape and text and made them transparent; if one transparent object/text is over another, you can order them as well. Simply click on the object/text, then Order, and then choose "Send backward" or "Bring forward" based on your needs.

An alternative method is by using Transparent Font:

There are only a few fonts that are designed to be transparent. Some of those fonts are Rockletter Transparent, Fredericka the Great, etc. To use a transparent font, you can simply select that font and then start typing the text. Then your text will automatically be transparent.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, We were able to make shapes and text transparent in Google Slides.