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working with text and PowerPoint is easy
all you have to do is insert a text box
or click an existing placeholder and
your cursor will appear inside now you
can type anything you want it's no
different from working in a word
processing program like Microsoft Word
so the experience should be pretty
familiar to you there may come a time
when you need to work with text that's
already in your presentation maybe to
copy and paste something so you can
reuse it elsewhere for that you can use
the commands on the Home tab
just look for cut copy and paste in the
clipboard group alternatively you could
use keyboard shortcuts to perform these
actions instead keyboard shortcuts can
be a lot faster than commands because
you don't have to keep returning to the
ribbon to use them let's go back to our
presentation so I can show you how they
work
first you need to select the text you
want to use just click hold and drag
your mouse over the text then let go and
that's all it takes
you'll notice that the text is
highlighted gray to show that it's
selected now you can copy it by pressing
ctrl C on your keyboard which is the
shortcut for the copy command
next to paste your text go ahead and
place your cursor wherever you want it
to go then press control V and your text
will appear in this example it gets
reformatted automatically because it's
been pasted into a title placeholder cut
and paste works very much the same way
why don't we try it on the first item on
this list all you have to do is select
your text then press control X on your
keyboard now you can paste anywhere you
want using control V again another way
to move text from one place to another
is the drag and drop technique this can
be even faster than cut and paste
because it requires fewer steps first
select the text you want to move then
click hold and drag where you want it to
go when you're ready release your mouse
and that's it see how easy it is to move
the text around next I'd like to take a
look at formatting options like font
color size and alignment all of which
can have a big effect on your
presentation for instance if we added
just a little extra formatting here I
think we could really make this slide
stand out to format text in PowerPoint
you can select just the text you want or
you can select the entire text box and
format everything inside at once you
might want to start with the options in
the font group where you'll find lots of
different features that you can play
around with in this example I'm going to
choose a different font color a
different font in a slightly
sighs I think 35 should do it I'm also
going to format the text in italics see
what a difference all these changes can
make if you want to change the placement
or alignment of your text take a look at
the commands in the paragraph group your
options include left center right and
justified which can be used to align
paragraphs
I think centered looks the best also in
this group you can change the vertical
alignment the text direction or add or
remove bullets from your text box these
are all great ways to customize your
text so your slide looks exactly the way
you want
I think I'm happy with my choices so I'm
gonna leave my text the way it is
finally in a long presentation like this
sometimes I have trouble finding a
specific word or phrase that I know is
in there somewhere the find feature can
help by searching the presentation for
you to begin click find on the Home tab
type the word or phrase you're looking
for then click the button that says find
next if the word is found PowerPoint
will jump to the slide and select the
text for you if you realize that you've
made a mistake throughout your
presentation or you need to swap a
certain word or phrase for another
there's a command for that too just
click replace on the Home tab or right
here in the dialog box
I just need to change this to the actual
address for the website so I'm going to
enter that here when you're ready click
the replace button and PowerPoint will
replace the word and take you to the
next instance automatically you can even
use replace all to change every instance
at once so you don't have to cycle
through them one by one
now you know the basics including find
and replace cut copy and paste and even
some formatting techniques that should
be everything you need to know to work
with text in PowerPoint
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