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3 When you’ve finished typing, click outside the text box. Or, to stop editing text and
select the text box, press Command-Return.
4 Drag the handles on the text box to change its width.
Free text boxes automatically grow or shrink vertically to accommodate the length of
your text. You cannot make them taller by dragging. To make a free text box taller
without expanding its contents, drag the selection handles to make the box narrower
(that is, force the box to grow vertically).
You can drag text boxes anywhere on a slide. For more information about modifying
text boxes, see “Resizing, Moving, and Layering Objects” on page 62.
Note: You can type text within a shape. See “Adding Text to Shapes” on page 59.
Formatting Bulleted Text and Numbered Lists
You can change the properties—including the font, color, or spacing of lines and
words—of text at any time. For bulleted text, you can select from a range of bullet
and numbering styles. You can even use an image of your own as a bullet. You make
most text changes using the Text Inspector and Font panel.
Changing the Font
You can create engaging visual effects with text by changing its color, shadow,
opacity, and orientation on the screen. To learn more about these options, see
Chapter 4, “Changing Object Properties.”
To change the font:
1 Select the text you want to change and click Fonts in the toolbar (or choose Format >
Font > Show Fonts).
2 In the Font panel, select a collection, family, typeface, and size.
Using the Text Inspector
In the Text Inspector, you can adjust all basic text properties in your slides. Use it to
change the color, alignment, and spacing of selected text. If you select bulleted text,
you can change the bullet style.