- MS Powerpoint 2010 Basics
- PPT - Home
- PPT - Getting Started
- PPT - Explore Windows
- PPT - Backstage View
- PPT - Create Presentation
- PPT - Add New Slides
- PPT - Adding Text in Boxes
- PPT - Adding New Text Boxes
- PPT - Deleting Existing Slide
- PPT - Rearranging Slides
- PPT - Adding Slide Notes
- PPT - Managing Sections
- PPT - Working with Outlines
- PPT - Powerpoint Sidebar
- PPT - Presentation Views
- PPT - Setting Backgrounds
- PPT - Slide Orientations
- PPT - Saving Presentation
- PPT - Review Presentation
- PPT - Adding Slide Numbers
- PPT - Adding Header & Footer
- PPT - Running Slide Show
- PPT - Keyboard Shortcuts
- PPT - Get Context Help
- Editing Presentation
- PPT - Copy & Paste Content
- PPT - Find & Replace Content
- PPT - Undo Edited Changes
- PPT - Spelling Check
- PPT - Content Translation
- PPT - Setting Language Type
- PPT - Duplicating Content
- PPT - Special Characters
- PPT - Slides Zoom In-Out
- Formatting Presentation
- PPT - Font Management
- PPT - Setting Text Fonts
- PPT - Text Decoration
- PPT - Change Text Case
- PPT - Change Text Size
- PPT - Change Text Color
- PPT - Text Alignments
- PPT - Indent Paragraphs
- PPT - Set Line Spacing
- Borders and Shades
- PPT - Apply Formatting
- PPT - Using Slide Master
- PPT - Save Design Template
- Working with Multimedia
- PPT - Add Pictures to Slide
- PPT - Editing Added Pictures
- PPT - Format Added Pictures
- PPT - Inserting a Screenshot
- PPT - Adding Shapes to Slide
- PPT - Editing Added Shapes
- PPT - Format Added Shapes
- PPT - Adding Text to Shapes
- PPT - Arrange Shapes/Images
- PPT - Group/Ungroup Objects
- PPT - Adding Audio & Video
- PPT - Add & Format Tables
- PPT - Add & Format Charts
- PPT - Add & Format SmartArt
- PPT - Add & Preview Animations
- PPT - Add & Preview Transitions
- Sharing Presentation
- PPT - Create a PDF File
- PPT - Create a Video File
- PPT - Create Image File
- PPT - Printing Presentation
- PPT - Broadcast Slide Show
- PPT - Packaging Presentation
- PPT - Setting Document Password
- PPT - Email Slide Show
- MS Powerpoint Useful Resources
- PPT - Quick Guide
- PPT - Useful Resources
- PPT - Discussion
Adding Text to Shapes in Powerpoint 2010
One of the great aspects of PowerPoint is that you can treat the shapes as text boxes too. This becomes useful when you want to type some text within a shape and ensure the text does not overflow the boundaries of the shape. By being able to enter text within the shape, PowerPoint will ensure the text stays contained and you do not have to worry about fixing it.
The following steps will help you add text to the shapes in PowerPoint.
Step 1 − Right-click on the shape to which you want to add the text and select the Edit Text option.
Step 2 − Start typing the text into the shape. Once you are done, click the cursor anywhere outside the shape.
An alternative way of adding text to shape is to select the shape and start typing directly. Once you have the text within the shape you can format the text using the font related features available in PowerPoint.