About checking style in a presentation

When style checking is on in a presentation, Microsoft PowerPoint checks for consistency in punctuation, capitalization, and visual elements such as the minimum point size for text. The style check is based on default settings in PowerPoint.

How style checks work

An example of a default style rule is to use title capitalization (capitalize the first letter of most words in a sentence) for slide titles. If you create a title with sentence capitalization (capitalize only the first letter of the initial word in a sentence), PowerPoint notifies you with a light bulb that appears next to the Microsoft Office Assistant. Click the light bulb, and you're presented with several options: to conform to the style suggestion; to ignore it in this case; to turn it off (Don't show me this tip again), or to display the Style Options dialog box, where you can change the style settings.

If you have turned off the Office Assistant, you won't be notified about style inconsistencies, and they will be ignored.

What's included in the style check?

PowerPoint checks for the following:

• Consistent capitalization, such as the use of title caps or sentence caps, for title text and body text.
• Consistent use of end punctuation for titles and body text.
• Maximum number of font styles.
• Minimum font size for title text and body text.
• Maximum number of bulleted items in a list.
• Maximum number of text lines in title text or per list item.