Feature availability
- This feature is available as part of Gemini for Google Workspace Alpha.
- Your administrator controls access to Gemini for Google Workspace Alpha. If you can’t find these features, your administrator may not have Alpha features enabled for your organization.
- This feature is also available as part of our early access testing program, Google Workspace Labs.
Learn how to get started with Gemini for Google Workspace.
To create cover images for your document with Gemini in Docs, you can use the “Help me create an image” option. For example, you can request Docs to create a “Joyful illustration of a desk with a laptop, coffee cup, and plants in front of a window with sunshine pouring in.”
Use Gemini to create an image
- On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
- Click the document where you want to add the image.
- At the top, click Insert Image Help me create an image .
- In the panel on the right, enter a prompt. For example:
- "A beautiful photograph of a Hawaiian beach at sunset with palm trees in the distance"
- "A plate of freshly baked blueberry muffins on a wooden kitchen table next to a large window"
- "Watercolor painting of hydrangeas in a water pitcher"
- "A futuristic cityscape with skyscrapers and flying cars set at night with HD details and shadows"
Tips:
- For better results, consider the subject, setting, distance to subject, materials, or background. For example: "A close up of a boat made out of wood on a lake surrounded by trees at sunrise."
- Avoid figurative language in your prompt.
- To get several suggested images, click Create.
- Optional: After you click “Create,” you can:
- Send feedback about the suggested image: Under each image, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
- Edit your prompt: At the top of the panel on the right, you can:
- Click the prompt.
- Edit your prompt.
- Click Create.
- See more suggested images: Click View more.
- To insert an image, click on it.
Use Gemini to create a cover image
Important: Cover images are only available in Pageless mode. When you change your document to Pages mode, the cover image is hidden.
- On your computer, open a new document in Google Docs.
- To insert a cover image you can either:
- At the top, click Insert Cover Image Help me create an image .
- In your document:
- Enter:
@cover image
. - Click Cover image Help me create an image .
- Enter:
- In the panel on the right, enter a prompt.
- For example, "A top-down view of a white desk with neatly arranged sticky notes, a pen, pencil, notebook, and potted plant."
- Optional: To customize the image you create:
- Click Add a style.
- Select the preferred style.
- Click Create.
- To add the image to your document, click an image from the gallery or click View more.
- Optional: After you generate a cover image, select the cover image. To:
- Replace image: Click Replace image .
- Reposition: Click Reposition .
- Find alt text: Click Alt text .
- Delete: Click Delete .
- Optional: After you generate an image, in the panel you can:
- Send feedback about the suggested image: Under each image, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
- Edit your prompt: At the top of the panel, you can:
- Click the prompt.
- Edit your prompt.
- Click Create.
- To find more suggested images: Click View more.
Tip: You can also insert cover images from your computer or a stock gallery. Learn how to add a cover image.
Learn about Gemini feature suggestions
- Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
- Don’t rely on Gemini features as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
- Gemini features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Gemini more helpful and safe.
- Enterprise end users can submit feedback about their experience using this feature. End users are informed before they submit feedback that the feedback data shouldn’t contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information.
Give feedback on this feature
To provide general feedback on this feature, at the top, go to Help Help Docs improve.
To report a legal issue, create a request.