Formatting Text

Although PowerPoint's templates provide preformatted styles for text objects, you can change the formatting or add extra emphasis to a word or text object. The four most basic formats you can apply to text are bold, italic, underline, and shadow. Each has its own button on the Formatting toolbar. You can format a single letter, a word, a phrase, or all the text in a text object. You can also align text to make it stand out.

Format Text Using the Formatting Toolbar

Select the text you want to format, or click the selection box of a text object to format all the text in the box.

Click one or more of the formatting buttons on the Formatting toolbar: Bold, Italic, Underline, or Shadow.

Format the Text Font

Select the text you want to format, or click the selection box of a text object to format all the text in the box.

Click the Format menu, and then click Font.

Make any changes you want to the Font, Font Style, and Size.

Make any changes you want to the Effects.

If you want, click the Color list arrow, and then click a color .

Click OK.

Change the Font Using the Formatting Toolbar

Select the text or text object whose font you want to change.

Click the Font list arrow on the Formatting toolbar.

Click the font you want.

Click the Font Size list arrow on the Formatting toolbar.

Click the font size you want.

Align Text

Select the text or text object you want to align.

Click one of the alignment buttons on the Formatting toolbar ”Align Left, Center, or Align Right ”to align the text to the left margin, center, or right margin of the selection box border, respectively.

Did You Know?

You can pick up and apply a style using the Format Painter . The Format Painter lets you "pick up" the style of one section of text and apply, or "paint," it to another. Select the word or text object whose format you want to pick up. Click the Format Painter button on the Standard toolbar, and then drag to select the text to which you want to apply the format.