Add text
To replace placeholder text on a slide, double-click the text and type your own. If you want to add other text to the slide, apart from one of the existing placeholders, you add a new text box then replace its placeholder text.
The text box itself is an object that can be modified like most other objects; you can rotate it, change its border, fill it with a color, layer it, and more. There are text-specific controls for changing the appearance of text within the box—including its font, color, size, and alignment.
You can also add and edit text in a shape or table cell and format it like any other text.
Create a new text box
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Click
in the toolbar.
A text box is added to your slide (you can change how the text looks later).
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Type your own text to replace the placeholder text.
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Resize the text box, if necessary, by selecting it and dragging any selection handle (white square).
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Drag the text box to where you want it on the slide.
To delete a text box, select it, then press Delete.
Copy and paste text
To quickly reuse a selection of text, copy and paste it.
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Select text, then choose Edit > Copy (from the Edit menu at the top of your screen).
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Click where you want to paste the text, then choose Edit > Paste.
If you copy text and want it to match the style of the text where you’re pasting it, choose Edit > Paste and Match Style.
Copy and paste a text style
You can copy just the style of selected text and apply that style to other text.
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Select text, then choose Format > Copy Style (from the Format menu at the top of your screen).
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Select other text to apply the style to, then choose Format > Paste Style.
Enter special characters and symbols
You can insert special characters in text, such as mathematical symbols; letters with accent marks; arrows and emoticons; Japanese, Chinese, and Korean characters; and more.
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Click where you want the character or symbol to appear.
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Choose Edit > Special Characters (from the Edit menu at the top of your screen).
The Characters window opens.
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Click an icon at the bottom of the Characters window to choose a category of characters. (Click the left or right arrows to see more categories.)
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Click the character you want to insert.
For information about using keyboards and input methods for other languages, click the desktop to switch to the Finder, choose Help > Mac Help (from the Help menu at the top of your screen), and search for “Input menu.”