Entering Text

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In Normal view, you can type text directly into the text placeholders. A text placeholder is an empty text box. If you type more text than fits in the placeholder, the text is automatically resized to fit on the slide. You can also manually increase or decrease the line spacing or font size of the text. The insertion point (the blinking vertical line) indicates where text will appear when you type. To place the insertion point into your text, move the pointer over the text. The pointer changes to an I-beam to indicate that you can click and then type. When a selection box of dashed lines appears, your changes affect only the selected text. When a solid-lined selection box appears, changes apply to the entire text object.

Enter Text into a Placeholder

In Normal view, click the text placeholder if it isn't already selected.

Type the text you want to enter.

Click outside the text object to deselect it.

Insert Text

Click to place the insertion point where you want to insert the text.

Type the text.

Enter Text in a Bulleted or Numbered List

In Normal view, click the bulleted text placeholder.

To switch to a numbered list, click the Home tab, if necessary, and then click the Numbering button.

Type the first item.

Press Enter.

• To increase the list level, press Tab or click the Increase List Level button on the Home tab.

• To decrease the list level, press Shift+Tab, or click the Decrease List Level button on the Home tab.

Type the next item.

Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you complete the list.

See Also

See "Moving and Indenting Text" on page 50 or "Modifying a Bulleted and Numbered List" on page 60 for information on changing text in a bulleted list.