Correcting and Sizing Text While Typing


We all make mistakes while typing test in a presentation. To help you ensure that these mistakes don’t go uncorrected, PowerPoint uses the AutoCorrect feature to catch and automatically correct common capitalization and spelling errors. For example, if you type teh instead of the or WHen instead of When, AutoCorrect corrects the entry.

You can customize AutoCorrect to recognize misspellings you routinely type or to ignore text you do not want AutoCorrect to change. You can also create your own AutoCorrect entries to automate the typing of frequently used text. For example, you might customize AutoCorrect to enter the name of your organization when you type only an abbreviation.

In addition to using AutoCorrect to correct misspellings as you type, PowerPoint uses the AutoFit feature to size text to fit its placeholder. For example, if you type more text than will fit in a title placeholder, AutoFit shrinks the font size so that it all fits. The first time AutoFit changes the font size, it displays the AutoFit Options button to the left of the placeholder. Clicking this button displays a menu that gives you control over automatic sizing. For example, you can stop sizing text for the current placeholder while retaining your global AutoFit settings. You can also display the AutoCorrect dialog box, where you can change the AutoFit settings.

In this exercise, you will add an AutoCorrect entry and use AutoCorrect to fix a misspelled word. Then you will use AutoFit to size text so that it fits within its placeholder and to make a long bulleted list fit on one slide by converting its placeholder to a two-column layout.

Use the 04_Correcting presentation. This practice file is located in the Chapter14 subfolder under SBS_Office2007.

Open the 04_Correcting presentation.

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, click PowerPoint Options, and then in the left pane of the PowerPoint Options window, click Proofing. image from book

2. Under AutoCorrect options, click AutoCorrect Options.

The AutoCorrect dialog box opens.

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Troubleshooting 

If the AutoCorrect tab is not active, click it to display its options.

3. In the lower part of the dialog box, scroll through the huge table of misspellings.

When you type one of the entries in the first column, PowerPoint automatically substitutes the correct spelling from the second column.

4. In the Replace box above the table, type travil, and then press image from book.

5. In the With box, type travel, and then click Add.

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Now if you type travil in any presentation, PowerPoint will replace it with travel.

6. Click OK to close the AutoCorrect dialog box, and then click OK again to close the PowerPoint Options window.

7. Move to Slide 4, click to the left of the word advisories, type travil, and then press image from book.

PowerPoint corrects the word travil to travel.

8. Move to Slide 3, click to the right of the word need in the last bullet point, and then press image from book.

9. Press image from book to convert the new bullet point to a subpoint, type Laptop/PDA, and then press image from book.

10. Add Contracts and Manual as two additional subpoints, pressing image from book after each one.

PowerPoint makes the text of the bulleted list smaller so that all the bullet points and subpoints fit in the placeholder. The AutoFit Options button appears in the lower-left corner of the slide.

11. Click the AutoFit Options button to display a list of options. image from book

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12. Click Change to Two Columns.

The placeholder is instantly formatted to accommodate a two-column bulleted list, with the last bullet point and its subpoints at the top of the second column. All the bullet points in both columns increase in size.

13. Click a blank area of the slide to deselect the placeholder.

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Close the 04_Correcting presentation without saving your changes.

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Smart Tags

If you frequently use certain types of information, such as the date and time, names, street addresses, or telephone numbers, you can take advantage of the Smart Tags feature, which enables PowerPoint to recognize the information. When Smart Tags are turned on, PowerPoint displays a dotted line under the text to indicate that it has been flagged with a smart tag. Pointing to the underlined text displays the Smart Tag Actions button . You can click this button to display a menu of actions associated with that type of information.

You can check which types of information will be flagged with a smart tag by following these steps:

  1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, click PowerPoint Options, click Proofing, and then click AutoCorrect Options.

  2. In the AutoCorrect dialog box, click the Smart Tags tab.

To see what other Smart Tags available, you can click More Smart Tags and explore a Web site that features smart tags developed by Microsoft and other companies.

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2007 Microsoft Office System Step by Step
2007 MicrosoftВ® Office System Step by Step
ISBN: 0735622787
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 231

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