Digitizing Your PDD

Using Placeholders

All but two of the Auto Layouts supply pre-selected places called Placeholders in which to insert text. It is important to insert text into each "title" placeholder because PowerPoint uses that information to help you orient yourself during presentations when you need to move to a different slide and when scrolling through the presentation in Normal or Slide View during development.

By using Placeholders, the presentation will have consistent spacing each time you use a slide with that type of layout.

To type in a Placeholder , click anywhere within the dotted line box and begin typing. If you do not need to use a particular Placeholder, there is no need to delete it; unused Placeholders do not display in the presentation.

To move a Placeholder ,

• Click the Placeholder dotted line box to select it.

• Move your cursor near the edge of that box until the cursor is a four-headed arrow.

• Press and drag the Placeholder to the new location.

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