Formatting fonts in MS Power Point Presentation

Formatting fonts in MS Power Point enables you to change the color, size, thickness, background color of the title or the main body text of slides. The font style also used to make the paragraph or title underlined. If you do not read my previous post .I recommend you to read the following post relented to Microsoft power point.

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Make the test bold using formatting fonts in MS power point

Steps

1. Select the title, power points, sentences or paragraphs in main body you want to make bold.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to font tool

4. Click on the B letter

5. Or you can press CTRL + B from the keyboard after selecting the part of the text to be bold.

Change font style using formatting fonts in MS power point

Steps

1. Select the title, power points, sentences or paragraphs in main body you want to make change the font style.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to font tool

4. Click on the down arrow found above B, I, U. the default style is Calibri. Or you can write the type of font style.

5. Finally, you will get the following result. Font style is changed from Calibri in to Times New Roman.

Change font size using formatting fonts in MS power point

You can change the font size of the text inside the excel document as follows.

1. Select the title, power points, sentences or paragraphs in main body to make changes on the font size.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to font tool

4. Click on the down arrow of the number found above B, I, U and right side of the font style.

Underline the text

You can add the line under the texts inside the power point document.

Steps

1. Select the title, power points, sentences or paragraphs in main body to make changes on the font size.

2. Click on home menu

3. Go to font tool

4. Click on the U latter. Or you can press CTRL + U from the keyboard.

Change font color of MS power point content

Steps

1. Select the title power points, sentences or paragraphs in side main body.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to font tool.

4. Click on the down arrow of A letter underlined by thick colored line as follows.

5. Click on the color.

Text Background color

Steps

1. Select the title power points, sentences or paragraphs in side main body.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to font tool.

4. Click on the down arrow of fill color icon underlined by thick colored line as follows. Then click on the color.

5. Select the color you want to make background color.

Formatting font in MS power point/ Content alignment

Paragraph alignment helps you to decide on the position of the paragraphs and titles in a slide or the whole power point slides. You may align the contents inside the power point slide left, center, right or justify (equal margin from left and right margin).

Steps

1. Select the title power points, sentences or paragraphs inside main body that you want to make alignment.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to paragraph tool.

4. Click on the type of alignment. The default alignment is left alignment.

Bullets are a tool used to list down unordered (un number) list of sentences.

Steps

1. Place the cursor where you want to start write unordered list.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to paragraph tool.

4. Click on the down arrow of three dot and line ribbon.

5. Select the type of bullet. And you will get the following result.

Formatting fonts in MS power point/ Ordered lists

Used to list out the short sentences (list items) using numbering system. That means you can create a number list.

Steps

The steps are the same as to make unordered list. The difference, is you are required to click on the down arrow of numbered ribbon as follows.

Example

Vertical line spacing

You can make your notes inside the slide to have different vertical spacing. This spacing is the space between two line of sentences, number lists, unordered lists or paragraphs.

Steps

1. Select the paragraph or sentences.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to paragraph tool.

4. Click on the down arrow of the up and down arrow and line ribbon.

5. Select the value by what length is the vertical spacing will occur.

Indentation

You can increase or decrease indentation using indentation tool. Increase indentation means, you make the content of the slide far from the left or right margin.

Steps

1. Select the content as follows.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to paragraph tool.

4. Click on the right arrow with four-line ribbon to increase indentation or click on the left arrow with four line to decrease indentation.

5. The following result is created by increasing indentation.

Formatting fonts in MS power point / Text direction

You can change the layout or direction of titles or main area contents of a given slide in a power point document.

Steps

1. Click on the border line of main body or title body of the slide.
2. Click on home menu.
3. Go to paragraph tool.
4. Click on the down arrow of test direction ribbon as follows.

5. Select the type of direction.

Convert listed content to smart art

Power point has a special tool called smart art conversion. Using this tool, you can change any listed contents into smart arts.

Steps

1. Click on the border of main body of a slide. The slide should have the listed sentences.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to paragraph tool.

4. Click on the down arrow of convert to smart art ribbon as follows.

5. Select the type of smart art.

Insert shapes.

In necessary inserting different shapes are simple using drawing tool.

Steps

1. Click on home menu.
2. Go to drawing tool.
3. Click on the down arrow of different shapes.

4. Select the type of shape to be insert in your slide.

When you insert the shapes, shape format tool will appear. This tool helps you to change the background color, border color and shape effect.

Change the theme of shapes

Steps

1. Double click on the border of shape.

2. Go to shape style.

3. Click on the down arrow of theme ribbon.

4. Select the theme you want.

Slide color and shape outline

Using drawing tool, you can change the background color of title frame or main content area frame. Using this tool, you can also change the size and color of title frame and main content area frame in a slide.

Background color

Steps

1. Click inside the title frame or main content area.

2. Click on home menu.

3. Go to drawing tool.

4. Click on the down arrow of shape fill ribbon.

5. Select the color. You will get the following result.

Shape Outline

Shape outline helps you to change the thickness and color of slide frame border.

Steps

1. Click inside the title frame or main content area.
2. Click on home menu.
3. Go to drawing tool.
4. Click on the down arrow of shape outline ribbon.

5. In the shape outline there are a lot of options to change the color weight of border line. When you apply the above sketched option, you will get the following result.

Weight of slide frame boarder

You can make tick and tine the above slide frame border.

Steps

1. Click inside the title frame or main content area.
2. Click on home menu.
3. Go to drawing tool.
4. Click on the down arrow of shape outline ribbon and select the weight option. Different line weight will appear. From this line, select the one you want to make change on the slide frame border. After selecting one of the above weights, you will get the following result.

5. You may also select the dashed line type as follows.

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