Applies To
PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for Mac PowerPoint for the web
  1. Select the text placeholder or text box.

  2. On the Home tab, use the options in the Paragraph and Font groups to format the text the way you want it:

    Paragraph options let you adjust the alignment, apply list formatting (bullets or numbers) or line spacing, or direction of text:

    The Paragraph formatting options on the Home tab in PowerPoint.

    Font options let you style text (font; size; and styling such as bold, italic, strikethrough, and so on):

    The Font formatting options on the Home tab in PowerPoint.

Tip: Formatting can be applied to an entire box of text (when you simply select the box) or to a specific portion of text that you've selected within that box. 

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