Text Placeholders vs. Text Boxes in PowerPoint Online

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PowerPoint has three types of text containers: Text Placeholders, Text Boxes, and Shapes. We explain Shapes in our comprehensive section on Shape tutorials. Let us now look at the other two text container types. Aren’t Text Placeholders and Text Boxes the same? Are they really different? And why should we bother even if they are different?

Text Placeholders vs. Text Boxes in PowerPoint

Learn about the differences between text placeholders and Text Boxes in PowerPoint Online.

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