390 Chapter 14 Work with Slide Text
Entering Text in Placeholders
When you add a new slide to a presentation, the layout you select indicates with
placeholders the type and position of the objects on the slide. For example, a Title And
Content slide has placeholders for a title and either a bulleted list with one or more
levels of bullet points and subpoints or an illustration such as a table, chart, graphic, or
movie clip. You can enter text directly into a placeholder on a slide in the Slide pane, or you
can enter text on the Outline tab of the Overview pane, where the entire presentation is
displayed in outline form.
When you point to a placeholder on a slide, the pointer changes to an I-beam. When
you click the placeholder, a blinking cursor appears where you clicked to indicate where
characters will appear when you type. As you type, the text appears both on the slide
and on the Outline tab.
In this exercise, you’ll enter slide titles, bullet points, and subpoints, both directly in
placeholders on a slide and on the Outline tab.SET UP You don’t need any practice files to complete this exercise. Open a new,
blank presentation, and save it as BuyingTripsA. Then follow the steps.- In the Slide pane, click the slide’s Click to add title placeholder.
A selection box surrounds the title placeholder, and the cursor appears in
the center of the box, indicating that the text you type will be centered in the
placeholder.- Type Buying Trips. (Do not type the period.)
By tradition, slide titles have no periods.
Tip If you make a typing error while working through this exercise, press Backspace
to delete the mistake, and then type the correct text. For information about more
sophisticated ways of checking and correcting spelling, see “Correcting and Sizing Text
While Typing” and “Checking Spelling and Choosing the Best Words,” both later in this
chapter.- In the Overview pane, click the Outline tab.
Notice that the text you typed also appears there.