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Snap to Grid in Google Docs Presentations


Snap to grid in Google Docs presentations allows you to easily auto-align text, images, shapes, and tables within your slides. This options in on by default, and there is no action required on your part.

Editions included:

Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:

All languages supported by Google Docs

To disable or re-enable snap to grid:

  • 1). Select 'Arrange' and select/unselect 'Snap to grid'.

Try out these keyboard shortcuts:

  • [ALT] while dragging turns off the grid and gives you smooth drag (use [OPTION] on a mac)
  • [SHIFT] while dragging enables vertical and horizontal dragging guides
  • [SHIFT] while moving an object with arrow keys enables 1 pixel nudge
  • [SHIFT] while resizing preserves the aspect ratio of the object
  • [CTRL] while moving leaves the original object and drops a duplicate in the new location