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This guide tells you about the data types that make up a Google Slides
presentation. For additional detail on pages, page elements, and their
properties, see the corresponding section of the Google Slides API
documentation.
A Google Slides Presentation is composed of pages.
A Page can have one or more page elements.
Page types
There are various different types of pages that a presentation can contain.
A Page can be one of the following types:
Contains placeholders that establish default text styles, as well as background and other shapes that make up the default background for all slides based on that master.
A plain visual object, such as rectangles, ellipses, and text boxes. Shapes can contain text, so they are the most common page elements to build slides.
A set of page elements that are treated as an individual unit. They can be moved, scaled, and rotated together.
The visual appearance of some page elements can be modified by changing their fill, border, and text. You can also change a page element's size and position.
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