Editing Text

There are several different methods for editing text in PowerPoint. In this section, we will edit text using a contextual toolbar. In the next section, we will use commands from the Ribbon.

Step 1. Verify that slide 1 is selected.

Step 2. To select the title on slide 1,

Press & Drag the title text

A small toolbar, called the Mini toolbar, will appear:

This toolbar contains options for formatting the selected text.

NOTE for MacOS Users: There is no Mini toolbar. The following steps can be completed on the Home tab of the Ribbon.

NOTE: If we move the cursor away from the Mini toolbar, it will disappear. To make it reappear, we can either reselect the text or we canRight-Click the text. If we Right-Click the text, the Mini toolbar appears above another menu.

Step 3. To change the color of the title text, on the Mini toolbar,

Click , Click any color

The title text changes color.

Step 4. To change the font size of the title text, on the Mini toolbar,

Click , Click 66

The text size changes.

Step 5. To deselect the title text,

Click on a blank area of the slide

The title text looks good, but we want the letter "C" in "Creating" to be larger than the other letters in the title. Let's do this now.

Step 6. To position the cursor so that we can change the size of the letter "C" in "Creating,"

Press & Drag the letter "C"

The Mini toolbar appears.

Step 7. To quickly change the font size of the letter "C," on the Mini toolbar,

Click three times

The letter "C" is now larger than the other letters in the title.

Step 8. To deselect the letter "C,"

Click on the outer edge of the slide

Let's edit our subtitle now.

Editing Text Using Commands from the Ribbon

Next we will format the subtitle text by using commands from the Ribbon.

Step 1. To move to the Home tab, on the Ribbon,

Click the Home tab

Step 2. To select the subtitle text,

Press & Drag "Using PowerPoint"

The Mini toolbar will appear.

Step 3. To make the Mini toolbar disappear,

move the cursor away from the Mini toolbar

Step 4. To change the font used for the subtitle, in the Font group, on the Ribbon,

Click

A list of available fonts will appear.

Step 5. To select a new font,

Click any font

The font changes.

Let's say that we want the font used for the subtitle to take up less space across the screen. We can use the Character Spacing button to accomplish this.

Step 6. To respace the letters used in the subtitle, in the Font group,

Click , Click Tight

Step 7. To deselect the text,

Click on the outer edge of the slide

We have finished formatting our text for now. We are ready to work with images.