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Did you want to fill in individual characters in a text box with different picture fills? As long as you do this just once in a while, it can be a great idea. And then we explore ways in which you can rotate objects in PowerPoint. We then look at how you can master drawing Arc shapes. PowerPoint 2013 users can learn about text fills, lines, and effects. PowerPoint 2010 users can explore the Clip Organizer. And for PowerPoint 2011 for Mac users, we show you how you can fake-highlight text. Finally, don’t miss the new discussions and templates of this week!
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Have you ever tried your text to fit along the edge of a circle, or even within a circle? Or on a curved path — or even as a roller coaster? Most of the time, you need not play as much with words but sometimes if you want to create a quick logo, or even an easy graphic — then you will find PowerPoint’s Transform tools for text very useful. Transform is a special stylizing option available in PowerPoint only for text.
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Talk fast to fit it all in, or condense and speak calmly and connected? What would you do if you had a choice?
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Kuan walked into the room ready to present when the organizer told him, Sorry, we can only give you 15 minutes and not 30 for your presentation.
What does Kuan do? Does he talk fast to cover everything he planned? Or does he cut back his information and only present what is essential?
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Among the options for stylizing text in PowerPoint, we have already explored Text Fills and Text Outlines. You have also learned how to apply various WordArt styles in PowerPoint. But there’s more you can do with text! Let us now learn how to apply and edit various text effects like Shadow, Reflection, Glow, 3-D Rotation, Transform, etc. to your text.
Learn about various Text Effects available in PowerPoint 2013 that can be used to stylize your text.
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You may have seen text used creatively as a container for picture fills so many times – but did you realize that you could do it within PowerPoint – yes, all you need is PowerPoint and nothing else! Well, of course you still need imagination, the proper picture to use as a fill, and a nice thick, blocky font – but you probably have it all already – and we will help you put all these elements together within this quick and easy tutorial.
Learn how you can fill text characters with picture fills creatively.
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