Changing the Default Settings for Objects


When you create an object such as a text box, PowerPoint applies a set of default attributes to it. These attributes include settings such as the fill color , shadow style, and line style. For text boxes, the attributes also include font settings such as the font, size , and style ”regular, bold, and italic ”as well as other effects ”underline, small capitals, embossing, and so on. If your presentation will include objects with attributes that are different than PowerPoint s defaults, you can change the defaults for that presentation to save yourself some formatting steps.

Tip  

To learn the current font default settings for your presentation, you can draw an object or create a text box and then check the state of the buttons on the Formatting or Drawing toolbar.

In this exercise, you will change the default font and other default object attributes.

BE SURE TO display the Drawing toolbar before beginning this exercise.

OPEN a new, blank presentation, and if necessary, close the task pane.

  1. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Text Box button.

  2. In the Slide pane, click the upper-left corner of the title slide to create a text box.

  3. Type Current default font .

  4. Click the text box s frame to select the box, and then on the Format menu, click Font .

    The Font dialog box appears, showing the current default font settings.

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  5. In the Font list, click Book Antiqua .

  6. In the Font style list, click Bold .

  7. In the Size list, click 20 .

  8. Click the down arrow to the right of the Color box, and click the Dark Blue box in the color palette.

  9. Select the Default for new objects check box, and click OK .

    The new settings are applied to the selected text box.

  10. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Text Box button, and on the slide, click to the right of the existing text box to create a new one.

  11. Type Book Antiqua is now the default font .

    The text appears with the new default settings.

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  12. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Oval button.

  13. In the lower-left corner of the slide, drag to draw an oval.

    The oval appears with the current default fill color, shadow style, and line style.

  14. On the Drawing toolbar, click the down arrow to the right of the Fill Color button, and click the Lime Green box on the color palette.

  15. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Shadow Style button, and in the second column of the top row, click Shadow Style 2 on the style palette.

  16. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Line Style button, and click 3pt on the line palette.

    Tip  

    You can make additional changes to the object, such as font attributes and line color, to suit your needs.

  17. On the Drawing toolbar, click Draw , and then click Set AutoShape Defaults .

  18. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Oval button, and drag a new oval object in the slide s lower-right corner.

    Both oval objects have the new default attributes.

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  19. In the presentation window, click the Close Window button, and then click No when you are prompted to save changes to the presentation.

BE SURE TO turn off the Drawing toolbar to save screen space.




Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Step by Step
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))
ISBN: B003D3OG7E
EAN: N/A
Year: 2004
Pages: 145

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