PowerPoint Basics:
Normal View - Slide Pane

Step-by-Step: Slide Pane

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What you will learn:

to select, resize, and move placeholders to edit text to save with Save As

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Start with:, socialissues.ppt from your Class disk

Slide Pane: Title Placeholder

AutoFit will change the size of the Title only by 1 size as you resize the placeholder, from 44 pts. to 40 pts. If the text won't fit in the placeholder, it will lay outside the placeholder. An odd effect!

1. If necessary, open the presentation socialissues.ppt from the Recent Files list.

   
   

2. Select placeholder:
   • Click on the title, "Social Issues in Computing". The placeholder border is displayed with handles at the corners and centers of the sides for resizing.
     
     What kind of border do you see?

     Border with diagonals = edit the text

     Border with dots = move or resize placeholder

   • Click the border of the placeholder. The border changes to dots. Now the placeholder is ready for you to move or resize it.
      
3. Resize placeholder:
   • Move your mouse pointer over one of the handles on the left side of the placeholder. The pointer shape changes to one of the Resize shapes  .
   • Drag inward to make the placeholder smaller. Notice how the text wrapping and text size change as the placeholder's shape and size change. The text can go down only 1 step, from 44 pt. to 40 pt.,  since this is a Title placeholder. As the placeholder gets smaller, the text will actually be outside the placeholder!
   • Drag in various directions with different handles and observe the changes.
      
4. Move placeholder:
   Move your mouse pointer over the placeholder's border. The pointer changes to the Move shape. Drag to change the position of the placeholder.
    
5. Undo all your changes by clicking the Undo button until it is grayed out.
    
    Can't Undo enough steps: If you set the number of Undo steps to remember too low (Tools | Options | Edit), you may not be able to get back to where you started! For this lesson, close the presentation and re-open it.

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Slide Pane: Text Placeholder

AutoFit will change the text size to make it fit in the placeholder.

1. Click in the subtitle text to make the borders of its placeholder appear.
    
2. Move your mouse pointer over the middle handle on the left side of the placeholder. The pointer turns into a double-headed Resize arrow.
    
3. Drag to the right. As you drag, a dashed line shows where the border will be if you drop.
    
4. When the new size is very small, drop.
   The text size is changed so that all the text still shows in the placeholder at its new small size.
    
5. Undo your change.

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Slide Pane: Edit Text

It is quite easy to enter and edit text.

1. Click in the title placeholder. The border turns back to diagonals, ready for your editing.
    
2. Delete the word Social.
    

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Save As

1. From the File menu select Save As. (Be sure your Class disk is still in the drive.)
    
2. Change the name of the presentation to issues.ppt and Save to your Class disk.