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Imagine this scenario: you place a text box on your slide. Then you change the color of the font, reduce or increase the font size, set autofit options, tweak the margins, etc. At this point in time, you are happy with your settings.
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.
Set as Default Text Box in PowerPoint 2013
Set as Default Text Box in PowerPoint 2010
Set as Default Text Box in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 05 06 14
Previous: 05 06 13 Format Text Attributes Within the Mini Toolbar in PowerPoint
Next: 05 07 01 WordArt Styles (Quick Styles) in PowerPoint
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Tagged as: 05-06, PowerPoint Tutorials, Text and Fonts, Text Formatting
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We have explored several hyperlinking tutorials in PowerPoint. However, what happens when you hover any of these hyperlinks before you actually click the anchor? Typically PowerPoint just uses something for the ScreenTip (screen tip) when you hover over a hyperlinked slide object.
To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.
Screen Tips for Hyperlinks in PowerPoint 2013
Tutorial Code: 15 02 10
Previous: 15 02 09 Create a Hyperlink to a New Email Message in PowerPoint
Next: 15 02 11 Linking to Any File in PowerPoint
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Tagged as: 15-02, Hyperlinking, Interactivity and Linking, PowerPoint Tutorials
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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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