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Working with text in PowerPoint is easy.

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It's similar to working in a word processing
program like Microsoft Word, so the experience

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should be pretty familiar to you.

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All you have to do is insert a text box, or
click an existing placeholder … and your

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cursor will appear inside.

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Now you can type anything you want.

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You can use the space bar on your keyboard
to add spaces… and if you want to start

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a new line, just press Enter.

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If you make a mistake like I did, that's okay.

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You can press backspace or delete to fix it.

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You can also use your keyboard’s arrow keys
to move the insertion point left, right, down

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or up.

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This is useful if you only need to move a
few spaces or lines at a time, but you can

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also jump over entire words at a time.

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Hold the Control key and press the left or
right arrow keys to jump over one word at

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a time.

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There may come a time when you need to work
with text in your presentation, maybe to copy

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and paste it, or to move it to a different
location.

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To do that, you need to know how to select
text first.

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Just click and drag your mouse over the text,
then let go.

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See how it's highlighted gray?

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That means the text is selected.

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You can click and drag up or down to select
as many lines as you want.

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To select all of the text on an entire slide,
go to the Select command on the Home tab…

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And choose Select All…

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Pressing the Control key and A key on your
keyboard at the same time will also select

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all text.

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Now that we know how to select text, let’s
try copy and paste.

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Just click the Copy command on the ribbon…
choose where you want the text to go… then

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click Paste.

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You can also get to these commands by right-clicking
in the document.

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For example, to cut and paste, start by selecting
your text … then right-click… and choose

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Cut.

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The original text will disappear, and now
we can paste it anywhere we want by right-clicking

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again.

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If you want to move a selection of text from
one place to another, you can use the drag

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and drop method.

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Let's skip to the end of this presentation
so I can show you how it works.

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First select the text you want to move.

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Now click and drag where you want it to go.

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If you make a mistake or change your mind,
you can use the Undo button on the toolbar

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to undo the last action.

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To the right is the redo button.

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This allows you to reverse the last undo

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Next, I'd like to take a look at formatting
options like font color, size, and alignment,

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all of which can have a big affect on your
presentation.

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For instance, if we added just a little extra
formatting here, I think we could really make

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this slide stand out.

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To format text in PowerPoint, you can select
just the text you want… or you can select

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the entire text box… and format everything
inside at once.

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You might want to start with the options in
the Font group, where you'll find lots of

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different features that you can play around
with.

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In this example, I'm going to choose a different
font color… a different font… and a slightly

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bigger size.

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I'm also going to format the text in italics.

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See what a difference all these changes can
make?

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If you want to change the placement (or alignment)
of your text, take a look at the commands

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in the Paragraph group.

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Your options include left, center, right,
and justified, which can be used to align

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paragraphs.

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I think centered looks the best.

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Also in this group, you can change the vertical
alignment… the text direction… or add

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or remove bullets from your text box.

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These are all great ways to customize your
text, so your slide looks exactly the way

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you want.

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I think I'm happy with my choices, so I'm
going to leave my text the way it is.

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Now you know the basics, including find and
replace; cut, copy, and paste; undo and redo;

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and even some formatting techniques.

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That should be everything you need to know
to work with text in PowerPoint.