All text on PowerPoint slides is kept inside text boxes. Most slides come with preformatted text boxes to make entering text easier on your iPad. When you tap text on a slide, its text box appears to show you’ve selected it. What’s more, a popover menu for handling slide text appears as well.
Entering and editing text on slides
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Follow these steps to enter or edit text on a slide:
Learn more about how you can change the position of your text boxes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac: Open any slide which has a text box, as shown in Figure 1. Note that of the three text containers on this slide, only one is a text box, and that's the one on the right side of the slide (which includes blue text). If you don't see the Shape Format or Picture Format tabs, make sure that you selected a text box, shape, WordArt, or picture. The Rotate button could be hidden if your screen size is reduced. If you don't see the Rotate button, click Arrange to see hidden buttons in the Arrange group. How to Center a Text Box in Powerpoint 2013. One element that you might like to affect in this regard is the centering of the text on a slide. You can drag a text box to a location that seems to be the center, only to realize later that it was actually off by quite a bit. How to Horizontally Center a Text Box on a Slide in Powerpoint 2013. Click and drag your mouse pointer at the location on the slide where you want to insert your text box, and then enter your text. Highlight the text in your text box, and then click the 'Format. Click the border of the WordArt, text box, or shape that you want to move. To move multiple text boxes or shapes, press and hold Ctrl while you click the borders. When the cursor changes to the four headed arrow, drag it to the new location. If you don't see the Shape Format or Picture Format tabs, make sure that you selected a text box, shape, WordArt, or picture. The Rotate button could be hidden if your screen size is reduced. If you don't see the Rotate button, click Arrange to see hidden buttons in the Arrange group.
Tap the text box where you want to enter or edit text.
Black lines and selection handles appear on the corners and sides of the text box to show it is selected. Meanwhile, a popover menu appears.
Choose Edit Text on the popover menu.
The keyboard appears so that you can enter or edit text.
Enter or edit the text in the text box.
As you enter and edit text, you can use the text‐formatting commands on the Home tab to make it look just so.
Choose Delete on the popover menu to delete all the text in a text box.
Creating a text box
Most slides come with text boxes for holding text. Enter a text box of your own to place text on a slide where you will. Follow these steps to create a text box:
Go to the Insert tab or the Home tab.
Tap the Text Box button.
A text box appears.
Manipulating text boxes
Tap to select a text box and then follow these steps to move, resize, or rotate it:
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Moving: Drag the text box across the slide.
Resizing: Drag a selection handle on the side or corner of the text box.