Basic Formatting

1. There are two groups of text formatting tools on the Ribbon: the Font group and

the Paragraph group.

2. Fonts are sets of characters, numbers, and symbols in a specific style or design.

3. 2 fonts: For headings and for the body.

4. AutoFit change the text automatically so that it fits in the placeholder box.

5. Texts in powerpoint can be boldfaced or italicized(font styles) or formatted with strikethrough or shadow(effects).

6. Also powerpoint provides

selection of colors that can be applied to the fonts. Theme colors make tghe colors in you silde fit together

7. Format Painter is a tool that copies formatting from one block

of text to another.

8. Format painter makes it easy to apply the same formatting to

multiple blocks of text.-

9. Indentation controls the horizontal spacing of a paragraph.

10. Two indentation settings: before text andthe second

one=

11. Hanging: a reverse indentFirst line: a standard first-line

indentNone: removes indents

-12. Numbered lists to place a list of

itemized information in numeric order.

13. Numering format: bullets and numbering-

14.Wordart graphic:format it in a number of ways. Change style

from wordart gallery.

15.The wordart fill colors is the color inside the wordart

charcaters.-

16.Textures are graphics that repeat to fill an object with a surface.

17. Colored outline has the same color options as for

fill color.-

18. You can apply special effects to the wordart.

19. You can apply wordart styles to any text in a slide.

-20. Text boxes are used to place text on a slide. Shape

fill and shape outline set formatting for the textbox.

21. You can fill text boxes with gradients, patterns, textures

and pictures.

22. Texture fill repeats small graphic to fill the area.

23. Textture graphics usually simulate some type of

textured material.

24. Pattern fill is a repeating pattern,

25. Special effects apply to text boxes, wordart, shapes,

objects etc.