Fit text in a placeholder or autoshape

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Fit text in a placeholder or autoshape

Do you spend too much time in Microsoft PowerPoint trying to fit text into a placeholder or autoshape? You could reduce the font size or try a different font that takes up less room. But sometimes, you want consistency of font and font size and don't have room to expand the placeholder or autoshape. If you only need a little extra space, you can reduce the placeholder or autoshape margin to leave more room for text. Right-click the object and choose Format Placeholder or Format AutoShape. In the dialog box, click the Text Box tab. In the Internal Margin section, reduce the numbers for the left, right, top and bottom margins. You can set the margins to zero in placeholders with no visible border. Click OK to finish.
(Tip provided by Presentations columnist, Ellen Finkelstein, www.ellenfinkelstein.com/powerpoint_tip.html.)

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