Custom templates (beta)

Set up your template

• Your template must be a Google Slides file in your Google Drive.

• If you're adapting our example template or an official company template, make a copy first.

• Give it a unique name that you can easily find later, like "Template - Copy for PlusAI".

• Launch the slide master / theme builder ( View > Theme builder )

• Update theme colors and fonts, if needed

  

Move footers and logos into the slide master / "theme builder"

• Move any repeating, static text — disclaimer, copyright, company name — into the theme builder slides. Otherwise, AI will rewrite this text!

• Copy and paste static elements into the slide master. Remember to delete any duplicate elements left on the slide. You should not be able to click on or select these elements in the normal editing view.

• For best results, do the same with any logos that repeat on every slide.

Select the slides you want to import

• Maximum of 25 slides, including titles, agendas, dividers

• Keep exactly one copy of each template slide — delete any duplicates

• Remove extraneous slides that are not part of the template itself

  • instructions

  • brand guidelines

• Remove slides that won't work well, including

  • tables, charts, diagrams

  • assets that come from a specific library (e.g., custom icons)

• Remove static slides that are not meant to be updated — you can copy/paste these into the presentation afterward

  • thank you slide, legal disclaimers

  • mission statement, pricing chart, team page

  • ⚠️ If you import these, AI will rewrite them!

Add placeholder text

• Make sure your slides don't have any empty text elements (with "Click to add..." placeholders)

  
• For best results, provide specific example text — AI will try to match it, for example

  • length — fill in the entire text box, don't leave it at 1 example bullet

  • content — If it's a generic slide, lorem ipsum is fine, but if it's a case study, write an actual example.

• Custom templates don't work well with inline formatting within the same text element — Each distinctly formatted piece of text should be in its own text box.

  • For example, a header should be in a separate text box from the supporting content.

  

Optimize images

• Our AI importer will do its best to distinguish the content-related images — which will be updated with relevant AI-generated imagery when you use your template — from decorative elements.

• We recommend moving decorative images (including background images) into the slide master.

• Alternatively, add the image as the slide background (Background button in the toolbar) — just make sure you can't click to select the background image on the slide.

  
• For best results, avoid overlapping images.

• You can add up to 10 images per slide.