Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
The Formatting Toolbar
The PowerPoint Formatting toolbar offers an easy way to format your text. Using this toolbar, you can change font, size, color, alignment, and text spacing.
Accessing the Formatting Toolbar
The Formatting toolbar is generally located at the top of your screen, often to the right of the Standard toolbar. If the toolbar is not already displayed, access the toolbar by following this step:
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From the View menu, select Toolbars » Formatting
The Formatting toolbar appears.
Formatting Toolbar Options
The Formatting toolbar allows you many text formatting options. If the toolbar is not visible, refer to Accessing the Formatting Toolbar. If all of the below buttons are not visible on your toolbar, to locate them, use the Toolbar Options menu arrow
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The following table shows the Formatting toolbar options and their uses.
| Toolbar Button | Function |
|---|---|
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Specifies font face |
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Specifies font size |
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Makes text bold, italics, underline, or shadow |
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Specifies left, center, or right alignment |
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Arranges text in numbered or bulleted lists |
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Increases or decreases font size |
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Decreases or increases text indenting |
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Specifies font color |
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Opens the Slide Design task pane |
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Inserts a new slide and opens the Slide Layout task pane |
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Increases or decreases paragraph spacing |
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Move text or objects up or down |
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Opens the Slide Layout task pane |
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Opens the Background dialog box |
