Change the default font in PowerPoint

1. Click View > Slide Master.
2. On the Slide Master tab, click the Fonts drop-down menu. Select the font you want to use for all the slides in the presentation.
3. Click Close Master View. The text throughout your presentation is automatically updated to the new font.

What is the appropriate font size for a PowerPoint?

• The default font sizes in a PowerPoint presentation — 44 point text for titles and 32 point text for subtitles and bullets — should be the minimum sizes you use. If the room you are presenting in is large, increase the font size.

How do I get PowerPoint to stop changing font size?

Stop text resizing in PowerPoint for all presentations

1. Click the File tab in the Ribbon.
2. Click Options.
3. Select Proofing in the categories on the left.
4. Click AutoCorrect Options.
5. Select the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
6. Deselect (uncheck) the AutoFit title text to placeholder and AutoFit body text to placeholder options.

Why does my font keeps changing in PowerPoint?

1. Go to FILE>Options>Proofing>AutoCorrect Options. 2. Select the AutoFormat As You Type tab and clear the check box next to AutoFit body text to placeholder.

How do you anchor text in PowerPoint?

Select the object on the slide where you want to add the anchor text. If the text is already in place, and you just want to add the link, hold down the mouse button while you drag the mouse over the text to select it.

How do I stop PowerPoint from resizing images?

Turn off compression in Word, PowerPoint, or Excel

1. Click File > Options.
2. In the Options box, click Advanced.
3. In the list at Image Size and Quality, do one of the following. (This example shows the options in Word.)
4. Under Image Size and Quality, select the Do not compress images in file check box.

How do I stop formatting changes in PowerPoint?

To protect your document:

1. Click the File tab to go to Backstage view.
2. From the Info pane, click the Protect Presentation command.
3. In the drop-down menu, choose the option that best suits your needs.
4. A dialog box will appear prompting you to save.
5. Another dialog box will appear.
6. The presentation will be marked as final.

How do I save a font?

Add a font

1. Download the font files.
2. If the font files are zipped, unzip them by right-clicking the.zip folder and then clicking Extract.
3. Right-click the fonts you want, and click Install.
4. If you’re prompted to allow the program to make changes to your computer, and if you trust the source of the font, click Yes.

Why do some fonts not work in PowerPoint?

Microsoft keeps its own cache of your fonts, and sometimes this gets out of sync with your system. Delete the cache to force Office to rebuild it. After deleting the font cache, restart PowerPoint. In the startup menu, you should see a “Rebuilding Font Menu” progress bar—that means it worked!

What is difference between PPT and PPTX?

The main difference between PPT and PPTX files is the fact that the XML version are considered “open source”. This means that it is much easier for other types of presentation programs to open files saved in the PPTX format.

How do I keep text and pictures together in PowerPoint?

Back at the “Home” tab, click the “Arrange” button. A dropdown menu will appear. In the “Group Objects” section, select “Group.” The selected objects will now be grouped, successfully anchoring the image to your text.

How do you link text and shapes in PowerPoint?

Creating Hyperlinks to shapes in PowerPoint

1. From the Insert tab, in the Links group, choose Hyperlink (or Right mouse click the shape and choose Hyperlink) The Insert Hyperlink dialog box opens and the Text to display box is greyed out.
2. Choose your hyperlink type/destination and click OK.

How do I fix the position of a text box in PowerPoint?

Set text direction and position in a shape or text box

1. Right-click the edge of the shape or text box.
2. On the shortcut menu, select Format Shape.
3. In the Format Shape pane, click Size/Layout & Properties.
4. Under Text Box, select the option that you want in the Text direction list.