PowerPoint Text Editing
If you have chosen PowerPoint as the tool for creating your multimedia project, the resources on this page will help get you started. After completing this module, you will know how to:
- Create a new multimedia screen and position text on it
- Size, align, center, bold, italicize, underline, emboss, shadow, and color text
- Display text in any font installed on your computer
- Create superscripts and subscripts and insert special symbols
- Change foreground and background colors and effects
- Undo and Redo text edits
- Create bulleted and numbered text
- Copy and paste text from one text object to another
- Correct mistakes via AutoCorrect, Spell Checking, and Find & Replace
- Use the Format Painter to copy attributes from one text object to another
Creating a Blank Presentation
To get started learning how to create an original PowerPoint application, watch this movie to learn how to create a blank presentation.
Entering Text
You should watch this movie to learn some techniques for entering WYSIWYG text.
Saving a Presentation
To learn how to save the practice presentation you've been working on, watch the Windows or the Macintosh version of this movie.
Positioning Text
This movie teaches you how to position the text you have entered so far.
Sizing Text
You can watch this movie to learn how to size your multimedia text.
Selecting Fonts
There are many fonts you can use on your multimedia screens. Watch this movie to find out how.
Coloring Text
Colors, when used judiciously, can brighten your text or make it appear more clearly on a colored background. This movie shows you how to color your multimedia text.
Background Color
Change the background color when you want to alter the contrast or feeling of a screen. Watch this movie to learn how.
Inserting More Text
Sometimes you need to make more text boxes to position additional text where you want it on the screen. This movie shows you how to insert more text boxes on a multimedia screen.
Copy and Paste
You can save a lot of time by learning how to copy and paste text. Watch this movie to learn how to copy and paste text on a multimedia screen.
Special Symbols
There is a wide range of special symbols you can insert on a multimedia screen. Watch this movie for a tutorial on inserting special symbols in a PowerPoint presentation.
Outline Editing
Editing your application's outline is a technique that can not only save you time but also can improve the structure of a presentation. Watch this movie to learn how to edit the text of a presentation in outline view.
