Lesson 14: Indents and Line Spacing Show
/en/powerpoint2016/lists/content/ IntroductionIndents and line spacing are two important features you can use to change the way text appears on a slide. Indents can be used to create multilevel lists or to visually set paragraphs apart from one another. Line spacing can be adjusted to improve readability or to fit more lines on a slide. Optional: Download our practice presentation. Watch the video below to learn more about using indents and line spacing. To indent text:Indenting helps to format the layout of text so it appears more organized on your slide. The fastest way to indent is to use the Tab key. An alternative method is to use one of the Indent commands. With these commands, you can either increase or decrease the indent.
To decrease an indent, select the desired line, then press Shift+Tab or the Decrease List Level command. Indenting lists and paragraphsIndenting will give different results, depending on whether you are working with a list or a paragraph.
Once you've created a multilevel list, you may want to choose a different bullet style for different levels of the list to make them stand out even more. Review our lesson on Lists to learn how. Fine-tuning indentsSometimes you may want to fine-tune the indents in your presentations. You can do this by adjusting the indent markers on the Ruler. By default, the Ruler is hidden, so you'll first need to show the Ruler. To show the Ruler:
Indent markersIndent markers are located to the left of the horizontal ruler, and they provide several indentation options.
To indent using indent markers:
Customizing bullet spacingWhen working with lists, PowerPoint allows you to fine-tune the space between bullets and text by using the first-line indent marker or the hanging indent marker. To change the bullet spacing:
Line spacingPowerPoint allows you to adjust the amount of space between each line in a list or paragraph. You can reduce the line spacing to fit more lines on a slide, or you can increase it to improve readability. In some instances, PowerPoint may automatically change the font size when you adjust the line spacing, so increasing the line spacing too much may cause the text to be too small. To format line spacing:
If you want to adjust the line spacing with even more precision, select Line Spacing Options from the drop-down menu. The Paragraph dialog box will appear, allowing you to fine-tune the line spacing and adjust the paragraph spacing, which is the amount of space that is added before and after each paragraph. Challenge!
/en/powerpoint2016/inserting-pictures/content/ What is small circles surrounding a picture that indicate that the picture is selected?Chapter 1. What is outline slide pane?Outline view in PowerPoint displays your presentation as an outline made up of the titles and main text from each slide. Each title appears on the left side of the pane that contains the Outline tab, along with a slide icon and slide number. The main text is indented under the slide title.
Where does a presentation outline display on the screen when in outline view?The outline of the presentation displays in the Thumbnail pane. You can cut, copy, and edit text here as you would within slide placeholders.
What is a presentation page that can contain text pictures tables charts and other multimedia or graphic objects?Chapter 5: Glossary. |