How do I change the layout of an existing slide in Figma Slides?

Question

I can’t figure out how to change the layout of an existing slide in Figma Slides. When creating a new slide, I can choose a layout from the theme, but once the slide is added, I can’t find a way to switch it to a different layout.

Am I missing something? Often, I realize later that a different layout would work better and want to apply one of the theme’s template layouts to an existing slide—but I don’t see an option to do that. The only option I can find is “Template Style,” which seems to change only text styles and colors, not the layout itself.

Is there a way to reapply or change slide layouts after a slide has been created?

Shelene_Lee1 · Accepted Answer

​@djvthanks for your reply. The ability to choose a new/different layout for a slide is especially important when importing an unformatted slide deck into Figma slides. I imported a slide deck into Figma slides this week and had to use the process you described to recreateeach slide (25 slides) and it was a painful experience! I would not want to use Figma slides for deck imports again without the ability to choose a new layout per slide or change the deck theme.

djv · Answer

Hey ​@Shelene_Lee1, thanks for reaching out!It is not possible to change a Slide’s layout after it’s been created, but you can add a new slide template from your chosen Template by adding a New slide from template. You’ll see a tooltip appear when hovering over New slide. Then, you can select a different Slide layout from that template.I’ve updated this topic into a feature request and passed along this feedback to the Slides team for future consideration to make this process more frictionless. But in the meantime, I hope this temporary solutionhelps!

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