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Default text in PowerPoint always takes the Font type and size from the Theme of the presentation. However, you can override these defaults and choose a typeface (font type) that is different — or even a different font size. Explore in the following tutorials how you can choose different font types and change the font size of the selected text on the slide. Select a link based upon your PowerPoint version.
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Tagged as: 05-02, Fonts, PowerPoint Tutorials, Text and Fonts
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In PowerPoint, there are some differences between text placeholders and text boxes. As far as formatting for text placeholders and text boxes is concerned, almost everything else does work in the same way. However, there is one more vital difference between a text placeholder and a text box. You cannot insert text placeholders on a slide since they are part of the layout for your slide and already exist when you insert a new slide. Text boxes on the other hand need to be inserted manually.
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Tagged as: 05-01, PowerPoint Tutorials, Text and Fonts, Text Basics
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Reusing your existing slides can be a great help: first you need not recreate stuff you already have and secondly you are saving so much time that you can use more effectively to practice your presentation!
Having said that, always start by creating an outline of your presentation. This is important because it gives you an opportunity to plan your slides all over again. Thereafter, reuse any existing slides. PowerPoint provides a quick command that locates specific slides, and enables you to add it to the active presentation. While this process works the same way in all versions of PowerPoint.
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Tagged as: 01-09, Interface and Basics, PowerPoint Tutorials, Working with Slides
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Jamie Garroch is a Technical Consultant at BrightCarbon, the specialist presentation and eLearning agency. He develops PowerPoint automation solutions and add-ins that enable presentation authors to work smarter. He also trains people to present more effectively using visuals and animated scenes that explain and reinforce key messages, which is supported by free resources and tips at their site.
Here’s a list of links on Indezine.com where he has been featured:
Social Media Canvas Add-in: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
October 17, 2025
Collapse Groups with BrightSlide in PowerPoint’s Selection Pane
March 24, 2023
Hide Logos with Logo Toggle in PowerPoint
September 9, 2021
Presentation Summit 2021: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
August 24, 2021
Convert a PowerPoint Line to a Motion Path Animation: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
December 22, 2020
Presentation Summit 2020: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
June 15, 2020
BrightSlide: Creating a Revolutionary PowerPoint Add-in
October 31, 2019
PowerPoint VBA: Export Slides to Single Slide Presentations
October 16, 2019
Presentation Summit 2019: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
September 11, 2019
Jamie’s Pattern Fill Transparency Add-in for PowerPoint
January 30, 2018
YOUpresent and Nolan Haims Creative Launch Free TalkTime Add-in for PowerPoint
October 27, 2017
Manage Guides in PowerPoint with G-Tools: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
May 24, 2017
Vimeo Embeds with G-Tools PowerPoint Add-in: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
January 13, 2016
Convert Text to Outlines in PowerPoint 2013 with a Free Add-in
January 2, 2014
Color Swatch for PowerPoint 2003: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
September 30, 2013
vMaps’ Auto Color Feature: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
January 10, 2013
PowerPoint 2013 for Developers: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
August 17, 2012
Slide Linker: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
December 14, 2011
Circlify: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
August 15, 2011
PowerPoint, a Graphics Program: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
August 5, 2011
Presenting on an iPad: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
February 9, 2011
PowerPoint on iPad
January 28, 2011
Building an Interactive Public Transport Map Application in PowerPoint
September 3 ,2010
ActivePresentation™ Designer: Conversation with Jamie Garroch
July 23, 2010
ActivePresentation™ Designer
June 28, 2010
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Tagged as: Add-in, Jamie Garroch, Personality, PowerPoint, PowerPoint Converstations, Programming, VBA
PowerPoint provides ample choices in chart types for almost every kind of graphical data representation. There are some basic chart types such as column, bar, line, pie, etc. and advanced charts like radar, surface, bubble, doughnut, etc.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Changing Chart Types in PowerPoint 2013
Changing Chart Types in PowerPoint 2010
Changing Chart Types in PowerPoint 2007
Changing Charts Types in PowerPoint 2002 and 2003
Changing Chart Types in PowerPoint 2011
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Previous: 10 01 03 Chart Elements in PowerPoint
Next: 10 01 05 Changing Fill and Border of Charts in PowerPoint
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