Text Box Formatting

There are about a dozen categories that you can edit when you Format the Shape. You will find Text Box at the bottom of the list on the left side of this dialogue box.

 

9. Try it: Format the Text Box

Text Layout includes the following:

Vertical alignment (Top, Middle, Bottom)

Text direction (Horizontal, Rotate, Stacked)

 

AutoFit has three choices:

Do not Autofit.

Shrink text on overflow.

Resize shape to fit text.

 

You can also edit the Internal margins: Left, Right, Top and Bottom. By default PowerPoint will Wrap text in shape

 
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Drawing Tools ->Format-> Shape Styles->More

Exam 77-883: Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

2. Creating a Slide Presentation

2.6. Format text boxes: Wrap text in shape