Working with Text
Any time you wish to make formatting changes to text, you must highlight the text to be changed. Making a selection from the Text Toolbar affects the highlighted text only. In addition to the standard text formatting tools of font choice and size, bold, italics, and underline, you also can align text left, center, or right. Other special tools are described below.
NOTE: Only TrueType fonts can be embedded and "taken with you." If the computer on which you are giving an on-screen presentation does not have the font installed that you used during development, a substitution will be made by the computer system itself.
The Shadow Text Tool places a slight shadow behind the text. Although the effect is not prominent, this is an excellent tool to use to give more definition to title text. You should NOT shadow all body text since this makes it very "muddy" to read.
To shadow text ,
• Type the text to be shadowed.
• Highlight the text.
• Click the Shadow Tool.
Increase/Decrease Paragraph Spacing
The Increase and Decrease Paragraph Spacing Tools expand and contract paragraph spacing, respectively. Generally there is little need to increase paragraph spacing; however, when you run into a situation where you need a little more room, you can contract paragraph spacing using the Decrease Paragraph Spacing Tool. Be careful not to overuse this tool since plenty of "white space" is important for readability.
The Format Painter Tool picks up any formatting applied to existing text and applies that same formatting to any text it is "painted" over. The two pieces of text do not have to be on the same slide.
To use the Format Painter ,
• Highlight the text containing the formatting you desire to "pick up."
• Click the Format Painter Tool.
• Press and drag over the text as you would to highlight it. The formatting will be applied.
After the formatting is applied the Format Painter will de-select.
To apply formatting to multiple selections of text without needing to click the Format Painter between each application, double click the Format Painter. The Painter will remain the selected tool until you click it to de-select, allowing you to press and drag over multiple sections of text, applying the same format to each.
You can increase or decrease the font size of highlighted text by clicking on the Increase Font Size or Decrease Font Size Tool, respectively. Size increments and decrements by the standard font sizes.
You choose text colors with the Font Color Tool located in the Drawing Toolbar. Highlighted text will change to the color displayed in the band beneath the A.
To make additional color choices or to see additional non-scheme colors you have used in this presentation, click the drop-down arrow beside the A.
Whether text is in a Placeholder or a textbox, you can narrow or widen the width of the box by dragging the box border. This affects where the text wraps. Make sure the cursor looks like a two-headed arrow to affect the Placeholder width; a four-headed arrow will move the placeholder.
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