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Before we finish discussing some of the Font
commands, let me show you two great commands,

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the Increase and Decrease font size commands.
These commands just let you gradually increase

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and decrease the font of selected text.
You may be thinking, but why wouldn't I just

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use the font size menu? It's true that you
can change the font size that way, but in

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PowerPoint, you'll find that designing slides
is really about figuring out what looks good

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on the slide and tweaking and changing little
things from slide to slide.

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And sometimes that means making text a little
bit bigger or a little bit smaller.

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These commands let you do that easily.
Before we leave this slide, I want to show

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you the Alignment commands in the Paragraph
group.

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You can use the Alignment commands to align
text in a certain area.

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Let's select the title text and click through
the alignment commands so you can see how

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they work.
This is the Align Text Right command, Center,

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and Align Text Left command.
You also have this Justify command that works

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for paragraphs of text and makes the left
and right margins equal.

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One thing to notice is that the alignment
commands aligns the text within the placeholder

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or text box that it's in, not across the slide.
So far we've been working with placeholders,

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you can also insert text into text boxes.
Text boxes work just like placeholders, only

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they only hold text and not other items such
as pictures and charts.

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Text boxes really allow you to add to the
predefined layouts so that you can place text

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wherever you want, even if there isn't a layout
that exactly meets your needs.

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To insert a text box, select the Insert tab
on the Ribbon.

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Then, click the Text Box command in the Text
group.

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Your cursor will turn into a crosshair.
Just click your mouse anywhere on the slide

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where you want the text box to appear and
while holding down the mouse button, drag

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your mouse across until the text box is the
desired width and then release the mouse button.

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Ok, so now you have your text box.
You can just insert your text.

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When I press Enter, the text box height increases
and I can add more text.

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I really don't want this text box at the top
of my slide.

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To move it, click the text box and your cursor
becomes a cross with arrows on each end.

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While holding the mouse button, drag the text
box to the desired location on the page and

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then release the button.
You can also move the text box in different

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directions.
Just click the green circle and rotate the

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text box to the left or right.
The squares are resizing handles.

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Just click one of the squares on the left
or right side, hold down the mouse button,

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and drag the mouse until the box is the desired
width.

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Then, release the mouse button.
Sometimes you will need to resize the text

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box if you want to increase your font size
or make other formatting changes.

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Before we wrap up talking about text, let's
take a look at how you can move text from

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place to place.
I'm going to show you how use the copy and

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paste commands.
Let's say I want to copy this quote on slide

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1 and put it on slide 2.
Just select the text, and then click the copy

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command on the Home tab.
Now, I can paste this text on this slide or

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on any other slide.
Since I want it on slide 2, I'll just click

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that slide in the task pane, and place my
insertion point wherever I want the text to

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appear.
Now, just click the Paste command on the Home

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tab.
And there you go...the text you copied now

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appears on slide 2.
I actually want to delete that, so I'll click

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Undo on the Quick Access toolbar.
Well, that wraps up the basics when it comes

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to formatting and editing text in PowerPoint.