How to Overlap Images or Text in Google Docs

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Method 1: Overlap Images in Google Docs With Google Drawings

In this method, you must first add your image as a drawing. Then, you can add images and text over the same image. Here are the steps in detail.

Step 1:Open your Google Docs document.

Step 2:ClickInsertat the top > chooseDrawing>New.

Step 3:You will be taken to the built-in Google Drawing module. Click on theImage iconto add your background image.

Step 4:When the image has been inserted into the Drawing panel, you can add text or another image on top of it. To add text, click on thetext icon.

Step 5:Once done, clickSave and Closeat the top to insert this picture into your document.

Step 6:Similarly, click theimage iconyou used in step 3 to add another image. Open the image you want to add to the top.

Step 7:It will appear above your background image. Using the mouse, drag it to the required position or change its size from its corners. Click onSave and Closeto add the modified image with your logo or layered image in the document.

If you want to edit any element of this image later, double-click on the image in Google Docs. You will be taken to the Drawing panel, where you can edit existing elements or add more of them.

Method 2: Layer Images Using Wrap Text in Google Docs

The second method makes layering possible in Google Docs by keeping the margin at 0 in the Wrap text feature. Here are the steps to achieve this.

Step 1:Open your Google Docs document.

Step 2:Click onInsertat the top > go toImage>addyour image. It can be any image – background or foreground.

Step 3:Repeat step 2 and add thesecond phototo your document. Here’s how the two pictures would look in Google Docs.

Step 4:Click on thefirst imageto select it. A toolbar will appear. Click on thethree-dot icon> chooseAll image options.

Step 5:The Image options panel will open on the right side. Go to theText Wrappingsection > selectWrap text.

Step 6:You will notice that new options appear in the toolbar below your photo. Click on themargin drop-down box> choose0.

Pro Tip:You can skip step 5 by clicking on the second icon in the toolbar that appears when you click on the image. That will activate the Wrap text feature. Then, change the margin value.

Step 7:Repeat steps 5-7 for the second image as well. If the text appears to move with the image when you perform these steps, selectFix position on pagefrom the same image toolbar where you changed the margin for both images.

Step 8:Now,dragthe second image on top of the first image. Voila! You have successfully overlapped images in Google Docs without using any photo editor.

Tips to Overlay Images in Google Docs

The following tips will come in handy while using the second method of layering images.

1. Change Images

If you have added the wrong images at any point, you don’t need to repeat all the steps. Right-click on the image you want to change and hit theReplace imageoption.

2. Change Transparency of Watermark

If you areadding a logo or a watermark to an imageusing method 2, you can control its transparency. For that, click on theimage> hit thethree-dot iconfrom the toolbar > selectAll image options.

Go toAdjustmentsfrom the right panel. Adjust the slider underTransparency.

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Last updated on 28 May, 2024

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