When your presentation calls for some decorative background elements, lines to help show the epic flow of ideas, or a highlight to an important block of text, we have you covered.

To add a shape, click the Shapes button in the editor toolbar, or press S on your keyboard.
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For quick edits to shapes, use the inline editor. Click on a shape and you’ll find options to quickly edit the fill color, border color, and border width.
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In the inline editor you can edit the color, width, and style of line shapes, as well as the direction and style of arrow heads.

Align the look of shapes and slide decorations by clicking on the add color button and sampling from your brand book, style guide, or any image using our color dropper. Alternatively, you can paste the following color formats:

💡 Optionally press the Space key to see the RGB values.

Double-click a shape to add text inside the shape. Select the text and you’ll see options to change the size and color, add lists, bold and italicize, and create a link.

For even more editing options, click the options menu in the inline editor, or select Design in the bubble bar on the right-hand side. Here you’ll find options to edit the layout, where you can resize your shape manually in pixels, lock or unlock the aspect ratio, define the exact position of your shape, and rotate or flip your shape. In addition, you can change the fill and border colors, edit the design of your text, change the opacity of your shape, and add a drop shadow.

Sticky notes are a great way of flagging elements you want to annotate for clients, or for your teammates when leaving comments. Here's an example of how Ellen and Jon use sticky notes to collaborate on a slide: