Troubleshoot adding text

Turn off text AutoFit (this is on by default). When resizing is turned off, Microsoft PowerPoint will not reduce your font size and line spacing to fit spillover text into a placeholder (including the placeholder for notes on notes pages).

1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options.
2. Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
3. Under Apply as you type, do any of the following:
   • To turn off AutoFit for title text, clear the AutoFit title text to placeholder check box.
   • To turn off AutoFit for body text, clear the AutoFit body text to placeholder check box.

Look for the AutoFit Options button , which appears to the left of the resized text. Point to the button, click it, and then select Stop Fitting Text to This Placeholder. The text will return to its original size and spacing.

When title text resizing is on, title text is reduced by one font size level to bring spillover text onto one line. If the title text is too long, one reduction in font size might not bring all the text to one line, and text will spill over to the next line. In this case, you would have to shorten the title.

Text AutoFit applies to placeholder text only— title text and body text such as bulleted lists. It doesn't apply to text boxes, AutoShapes, or WordArt.

1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options.
2. Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
3. Under Apply As You Type, be sure the AutoFit title text to placeholder check box is selected.
4. Clear the AutoFit body text to placeholder check box.

• Some types of text don't appear and aren't editable on the Outline tab. They include text added with the Text Box tool , text attached to an AutoShape, WordArt text, and text in embedded objects.
• If Expand All on the Standard toolbar is toggled so that only slide titles appear on the Outline tab, you won't see all of your text. Click Expand All to display all the text.