Text Formatting: Internal Margin Options for Text Containers in PowerPoint

Created: Monday, July 18, 2022, posted by Geetesh at 12:55 pm

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Internal margins are relevant to all three types of text containers in PowerPoint. These three containers are text boxes, text placeholders, and shapes that contain text. Internal margins control the amount of blank space between the perimeter (edge) and the actual text within the text container. Although these margins are similar to the margins of pages in a word-processing document like Microsoft Word, there is a significant difference. Each text container has its own individual margins set, and you can have entirely different margins for different text containers, even if they reside on the same slide.

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.

Microsoft Windows

Internal Margin Options for Text Containers in PowerPoint 2013

Internal Margin Options for Text Containers in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Internal Margin Options for Text Containers in PowerPoint 2011

Internal Margin Options for Text Containers in PowerPoint

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