Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Plain & Simple

Chapter 11. Formatting text and objects

In this section:

• Applying text basics

• Formatting text

• Formatting an object fill

• Working with shape outlines and effects

• Resizing and deleting objects

• Rotating and flipping objects

• Grouping and ungrouping objects

• Changing the order of and merging objects

• Working with picture tools

• Using video tools

When you apply a theme to your presentation, you’re setting font styles and colors, but sometimes you might want to modify those styles or format some of the text for emphasis.

In addition to formatting text, placing a picture, a piece of line art, or a shape on a slide helps to add some interest to your presentation, but it’s important that you make the object fit your overall design. That might mean resizing or rotating ...