ADDING

AND
FORMATTING
TEXTS
Creating a New
Presentation
To create a new blank
presentation:
1. Click the File tab. This takes you
to Backstage view.
2. Select New.
3. Select Blank
presentation under Available
Templates and Themes. It will be
highlighted by default.
4. Click Create. A new blank
presentation appears in the
PowerPoint window.
Entering Text
on a Slide
If you're new to PowerPoint, you'll
need to learn the basics of
working with text so you can add
and arrange text on your slides.
You'll need to know how
to insert, delete, move,
and format text, as well as how to
use text boxes.
 1. Click the placeholder or text
TO INSERT box where you want to insert
TEXT: text.
2. The insertion point appears.
3. Type directly into the
placeholder or text box.
TO INSERT Some placeholders
automatically format
TEXT: your text in a bulleted
list. This is because
bulleted lists are
frequently used in
PowerPoint. To remove
the bullets, deselect
the Bullets command
in the Paragraph
group on
the Home tab.
 1. Place the insertion point next
TO DELETE to the text you want to delete.
TEXT: 2. Press the Backspace key on
your keyboard to delete text
to the left of the insertion point.
3. Press the Delete key on your
keyboard to delete text to
the right of the insertion point.
 1. Place the insertion point next
to the text you want to select.
TO SELECT
2. Click the mouse button. While
TEXT:
holding it down, drag the
mouse over the text.
3. Release the mouse. The text
will be selected. A highlighted
box will appear over the
selected text.
TO SELECT When you select text
in PowerPoint, a hover
TEXT: toolbar with formatting
options appears. This
makes formatting
commands easily
accessible, which can
save you time. If the
toolbar does not
appear at first, try
moving the mouse
over the selection.
 Changing
Text Formats
You can help your text stand out
on the slide by changing
its formatting, including font size,
color, and style.
FONT
FACE
FONT
SIZE
INCREASE
OR
DECREASE
FONT SIZE
 CLEAR
ALL
FORMATTING
 FONT
STYLES
CHARACTER
SPACING
CHANGE
CASE
 FONT
COLOR
Using Format
Painter
1. Select the text, shape, or picture
with the formatting you want to
copy.
2. Click Home, and in
the Clipboard group, click Format
Painter.
3. After the pointer changes to a
paintbrush icon, click and drag to
select the text, shape, or picture
you want to format, and then
release the mouse button.
Formatting
Bullets
1. Select the text box or
specific text you want to
format as a bulleted list.
2. Click
the Bullets command in
the Paragraph group on
the Home tab.
3. A bulleted list will appear.
Aligning
Text
 1. Select the text you want to modify.
2. Select one of the four alignment
To change options in the Paragraph group.
horizontal Align Text Left: Aligns all of the selected
text text to the left margin

alignment: Center: Aligns text an equal distance

from the left and right margins
Align Text Right: Aligns all of the
selected text to the right margin
Justify: Aligns text equally on both sides
to the right and left margins; used by
many newspapers and magazines
To change
horizontal
text
alignment:

The alignment commands align the text within

the placeholder or text box it is in, not across
the slide.
 1. Select the text you want to modify.
2. Click the Align Text command in
To change the Paragraph group. A menu will
vertical appear.
text
alignment:
 3. Choose to align the text at
the Top, Middle, or Bottom of the
To change
text box.
vertical
text
alignment:
 1. Select the text you want to modify.
2. Click the Text Direction command
To change in the Paragraph group. A menu
will appear.
text
direction:
 3. Choose for the direction of the
text to be Horizontal, Rotated,
To change or Stacked.
text
direction:
 o https://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoin
t2010/text-basics/1/
o https://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoin
t2010/getting-started-with-
powerpoint/6/
o https://support.office.com/en-
us/article/Copy-formatting-using-the-
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