Why is Google Docs so useless, especially as Google Slides can do what Docs should.

[TwistedHelixis]

So things like Text boxes and text with shadows are all possible in Slides but not in Docs. Drawing something like an arrow is simple in Slides but not in Docs. Even rotating a text box I can do in slides simply but not in docs.

 

Am I missing a simple button to turn these features on in Docs or is there a big difference in features between the two.

[rogerdnixon]

Insert > Drawing - you can then do pretty much anything you want. Google Drawing, be it in other Google Docs or on its own is very good.

[TwistedHelixis]

I find that approach so clunky.

 

Why not just let me do fancy text boxes etc while in the document, so I can see all the other page elements, just like slides.