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Formatting a Text Box
You can easily format a text box and modify elements such as the background color, line style and width, size, and position of the text box.
To Insert a Text Box:
- Select Insert
 Text Box from the main menu. Your mouse pointer will change shape.
- Click and drag your mouse to create the text box.
- Release the mouse button. The text box will appear.
It is easiest to format a text box once you have entered text into it because you can see how it will appear on the slide.
To Format a Text Box:
- Right-click the text box.
- Select Format Text Box from the drop-down menu. The Format Text Box dialog box will appear.
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To Format Colors and Lines:
- Select the Colors and Lines tab.
- Select the fill color from the drop-down menu. This color will appear as the background color of the text box.
- Select the line color from the drop-down menu.
- Select the line style from the drop-down menu.
- Select the line width from the Line Weight drop-down menu.
- Decide whether you would like to use a dashed line and then make your selection from the Dashed drop-down menu in the Line section.
- Click OK to apply your selections.
To Format Size:
- Select the Size tab.
- Enter the text box height.
- Enter the text box width.
- Enter the degree amount to rotate the text box.
- Click OK to apply your selections.
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 You can use your mouse to drag the corner of the text box and extend its size if your text box does not need to be a specific size. |
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To Format Position:
- Select the Position tab.
- Enter the Horizontal position on the slide.
- Enter the Vertical position on the slide.
- Select whether to anchor the text box to the top, left corner or center.
- Click OK to apply your selections.
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| You can use your mouse to move the text box on the slide; however, the Position tab allows you to control the precise location of the text box. This is extremely useful when you need a text box to appear in the same location on multiple slides. |
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- Open a new, blank presentation.
- Insert a text box.
- Enter text in the text box.
- Open the Format Text Box dialog box.
- Change the background color to a shade of blue.
- Choose a line style and weight.
- Explore the settings on the Size tab.
- Explore the settings on the Position tab.
- Click OK to see how your selections affect the text box.
- Close the presentation without saving the file.
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