Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2000

Adding Text

In PowerPoint,you add text in a text placeholder or in a text box. Figure 3.1 illustrates an example of a text placeholder.

Figure 3.1. A text placeholder is a tool PowerPoint uses for entering text.

If you use the AutoContent Wizard or add a slide that includes a text or title placeholder (p. 31) from the New Slide dialog box, you can immediately start creating text.

If you want to add your own text box (p. 286) to a blank slide, choose Insert, Text Box and draw a text box on the slide using the mouse. As you add text, the box expands. Figure 3.2 displays a text box.

Figure 3.2. A text box is another tool that ...