Building the feature I wanted to see in Google Slides

Ever had that feeling where you like the software you’re using but you wish it had a feature that would make it that much better? After experiencing that myself I thought “that’s simple enough… I could actually build that…”

Here’s how this Google Slides add-on came to fruition.

At my previous company, I was using Google slides to make a presentation which totalled 30–50 slides. Frustratingly, at the last possible minute, I needed to match my company’s colour palette. I required the text colour to be changed for every text box... On every slide!

At the time it seemed beneath me to click the same thing ~3 x 30–50 times, which could amount to:

Add changing slides and scrolling and you’ve got a nightmare on your hands! This led me to the much more obvious decision to invest:

But here we are. I did it, and I lived to tell the tale!

I’d love to know your thoughts!

Feel free to review it on the chrome store, suggest improvements on Github or leave a comment below :)

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