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Text in PowerPoint presentations needs to be edited in many ways. Sometimes, you need certain words to be in a different color, or bold, italicized, or underlined. Whatever the option required to format your text, you’ll find that the Mini Toolbar is an excellent location to make these changes quickly.
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.
Format Text Attributes Within the Mini Toolbar in PowerPoint 2013
Format Text Attributes Within the Mini Toolbar in PowerPoint 2010

Tutorial Code: 05 06 13
Previous: 05 06 12 Copying Text Attributes With Format Painter in PowerPoint
Next: 05 06 14 Set as Default Text Box in PowerPoint
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PowerPoint’s Format Painter option does an absolutely amazing job of copying all the formatting attributes from one slide object to another. For instance, you can copy all attributes of a shape (and even the text that the shape contains) to another shape, text box, or even a text placeholder.
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.
Copying Text Attributes With Format Painter in PowerPoint 2013
Copying Text Attributes With Format Painter in PowerPoint 2010
Copying Text Attributes With Format Painter in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 05 06 12
Previous: 05 06 11 Change Text Case in PowerPoint
Next: 05 06 13 Format Text Attributes Within the Mini Toolbar in PowerPoint
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We already explored how you can link from an anchor object to any slide within the active presentation. However, this sort of linking is only the beginning of the possibilities for linking that PowerPoint provides. To take this to the next level, we will learn how you can link from an anchor object to create a new email message!
To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.
Create a Hyperlink to a New Email Message in PowerPoint 2013

Tutorial Code: 15 02 09
Previous: 15 02 08 Create a New File with a Hyperlink in PowerPoint
Next: 15 02 10 Screen Tips for Hyperlinks in PowerPoint
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We’ve learned about how hyperlinks let you do excellent stuff such as linking between slides or even linking to files outside PowerPoint. However, did you know that you can create a hyperlink that links to a file that does not even exist! Click that hyperlink, and a new file gets instantly created.
To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.
Create a New File with a Hyperlink in PowerPoint 2013

Tutorial Code: 15 02 08
Previous: 15 02 07 Editing Hyperlinks in PowerPoint
Next: 15 02 09 Create a Hyperlink to a New Email Message in PowerPoint
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Columned text layouts are often seen in documents created within word processing programs such as Microsoft Word. Nevertheless, PowerPoint gives you some basic column capabilities, although you should not expect anything close to the controls provided by Word.
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.
Columns Within Text Containers in PowerPoint 2013
Columns Within Text Containers in PowerPoint 2010
Columns Within Text Containers in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 05 06 10
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Next: 05 06 11 Change Text Case in PowerPoint
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