Let's open the presentation you saved in the previous "Let's save and open a presentation" and format some text.

Practice: How to open a presentation For information on how to open a presentation, refer to "Let's save and open a presentation".

• Types of text formatting

• Let's format some text

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Types of text formatting

The text formatting is primarily found under Font on the Home tab of the Ribbon.

See the table below for the names and roles of the buttons displayed in the Ribbon. Let's combine them and try to format some text.

Button	Name	Role
	Font	Changes the font.
	Font Size	Changes the size of the text.
	Increase Font Size	Makes the text larger.
	Decrease Font Size	Makes the text smaller.
	Clear All Formatting	Clears all formatting for the selected text, leaving only the plain text.
	Bold	Makes the selected text bold.
	Italic	Italicizes the selected text.
	Underline	Draws a line under the selected text.
	Strikethrough	Draws a line through the middle of selected text.
	Text Shadow	Add a shadow behind the selected text to help it stand out on the slide.
	Character Spacing	Adjusts the spacing between characters.
	Change Case	Changes all the selected text to UPPERCASE, lowercase, or other common capitalizations.
	Font Color	Changes the text color.

Tip: A Ribbon button can be selected and not selected Among the buttons used for text formatting, there is the selected (Yellow: ) and the not selected (the same color as the Ribbon: ). "Selected" means that the feature is applied. By the way, if you change the current position of the cursor, the state of the button for that location is reflected.

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Let's format some text

1. Open the presentation you previously saved, and click "Click to add title" in the text box.

   

2. Type in "New Product Strategy Meeting".

   

3. Select the words "New Product".

   

   Tip: When I selected the text, a small toolbar appeared? When you select text, frequently used commands appear near the cursor. It's useful. Let's try them!

4. From Font, select Arial Black.

   

5. With the text selected, change the font color.

   

6. Select the words "Strategy Meeting".

   

7. Select Times New Roman from "Font".

   

8. With the text selected, change the font color.

   

9. Font and color changes.

   

10. Select the border of the text box.

    

    Tip: The border disappeared!? If the dotted line border (text box) disappears, click between two characters. The border should appear.

11. Click "Increase Font Size" three times to increase the size of the text.

    

12. Then click "Text Shadow" to add a shadow.

    

13. The text becomes larger and a shadow is added.

    

Tip: There are two types of text selection!? When you select the text itself, the formatting of the selected text changes. When you select the text box, the formatting of all the text in the text box changes.

Practice: Let's save the presentation If you save the presentation, we can study it in the next lesson. Refer to " Let's save and open a 'PowerPoint' presentation" for how to save a presentation.

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