SOFTWARE ORIENTATION

Most of the power point basic text formatting tools are found in the home tab.

There are two groups on the text formatting tools on the ribbon.

The front group and the paragraph group. They allow you to fine –tune the text of your slides ,rite dawn ,to an individual character .

They also provide access to the front and paragraph dialog boxes .

Font group

Paragraph group

Choosing fonts and Font sizes Fonts are sets of character numbers and

simbols . The following exercise shows you haw to

do this both with the mini toolbar and White ribbon.

Using auto fit change text size By default text in the place holder boxes on a slide layout are set to auto fit .

Applying font styles and efects You will apply a font style and an effect

on a slide as well as adjust character spacing

Changing font color

An easy way to change text appearance is to modify its color . Use the font color button in the font group to access a palette of colors you can apply to selected pg .

Coping character formats white the format panther

This is a tool that copies formatting from one block of text to another you will use format painter to copy some formatting

Set in detonation

Indentation controls the horizontal spaicing of paragraph .

In this exercise you will set the indentation for some paragraphs .

Haring : a revers indent First line :a standard first –line indent .

Creating number list

Power point enables you to create number list to place a list of itemize information in numeric order

You can create a number from a list of items on a slide

Inserting a word graphic

You enhance the appearance of slides titles by covering them to word art

You can format graphic in it a number of way s you can change styles from the word art gallery , you can modify he fill outline or you can apply a number .

Changing the word art fill color The word art color is the color you use to

see inside the word art characters You can change the fill color by using the

colored palette font the current theme of any other color

Applying texture to word art

Textures are graphics that repeat to fill an object with a surface that resembles a familiar material

The texture are basically designed by so that the left edge blends white the rich edge

You apply a texture fill to word art

Changing the word art outline color

The text outline them color …allow you to remove the outline change its weight or apply the dash style to the outline.

You will learn how to change the outline color of fine –tune a word art graphic

Applying special effects to Worde art

You can apply especial effects to your word art objects such as shadows reflections glows transformations and more

They can also be apply to the other object types such as drawn lines and shapes .

Formatting text whit word art styles

You can apply word art styles to any text in a slide

You can use the same features you used to format the word art graphic to format a title or bullet text

You will practice applying word art styles to text

Adding a text box to a slide

Tex boxes can be used to place one a slide any place you want it in this exercise you add a text to a slide and then text into the text box

Resizing a text box

Text boxes can be resized to Macke room from the addition of other text boxes or objects or to rearrange a text box contents

Applying fill and border formatting to a text box

For more control in your formatting applied to a text box you can use the shape fill and shape outline tools to set the formatting for a text box

Applying special fill to a text box

It is not limited to paint solid colors for text box fills

You can fill using gradients patterns textures and pictures to create interesting special effects

Applying texture and pattern Texture and pattern fill are alternatives

to plan colored fills a texture fill repeats small graphics to fill the area texture graphics are specially so that the edges blend together and it locks like a single angle

Changing text box shape and applying effects

You can apply the same special effects to text boxes as you can do to word art drawn shapes and other objects .

Changing the default formatting for new text boxes

If you are going to create lots of text boxes in presentation there are ways you can save thyme in formatting them

Orienting text in a text box

You can change the text direction in a text box so that runs from bottom to top or stacks one letter atop the other .

Setting the margins in a text box Power point enables to set the margins

in a text box margins control the distance between the text other border .

Changing the text warp setting for a text box

Depending on the type if text box and the way it was created it may or may note set to warp the text automatically

Aligning text boxes on a slide

In addition to allegation to aligning the text box you can align the text box itself whit other objects on a slide alight

Checking spelling

The spelling of feature in power compares each word in the presentation to its built in and custom dictionaries

Using the thesaurus

A thesaurus is a reference book or utility that offers suggestions for words that are similar in mining (synonyms)