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==== Adding text ====

==== Adding text ====

Many of your slides are likely to contain some text. The text used in slides is contained in text boxes ''or'' to add text to the slide that contains a text box, Click in the text box that reads "'''Click to add text"''' or copy-paste your text from your another document or from the web in the text box.

There are two ways of adding text to a slide – contents box or text box.

 

* '''Contents box –''' click Click to add text in the contents box and type your text. Outline styles are automatically applied to the text as you insert it. You can change the outline level of each paragraph as well as its position within the contents box by using the arrow buttons on the Outline toolbar and Workspace Outline view.

* '''Text box –''' click on Text on the Standard toolbar or Drawing toolbar to select text mode, then click on your slide. A text box is created and the Text Formatting toolbar automatically opens. Type your text and click outside the text box to end text mode.

# Sometime if you want to add text where there is no text input box, you can click on the "'''Text'''" icon on the Standard or Text toolbar or use the keyboard shortcut '''''F2'''''. If the Standard or Text toolbars are not visible, go to insert > '''Insert text''' option.

# Click and drag to draw a box for the text on the slide. Do not worry about the vertical size and position as the text box will expand if needed as you type. 

# Release the mouse button when finished. The cursor appears in the text box, which is now in edit mode.  

# Type or paste your text in the text box and click outside the text box to deselect it.  

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==== Formatting text ====

==== Formatting text ====

There are two ways of adding text to a slide – contents box or text box.

# To format added text go to sidebar settings and click on properties as shown in the animation

* '''Contents box –''' click Click to add text in the contents box and type your text. Outline styles are automatically applied to the text as you insert it. You can change the outline level of each paragraph as well as its position within the contents box by using the arrow buttons on the Outline toolbar and Workspace Outline view.

# To copy text from one place to another, or from one document to another, you can select the text, go to Edit --→ Copy and go to a different place in the document to paste it; Edit → Paste. The editing menu also has an important feature for searching selected words. You can use the Edit--> Find option for searching selected words.

* '''Text box –''' click on Text on the Standard toolbar or Drawing toolbar to select text mode, then click on your slide. A text box is created and the Text Formatting toolbar automatically opens. Type your text and click outside the text box to end text mode.

# The format option is for changing the format of the text, changing the text font, text size, page format and text wrapping options. many of these option we can use short cut icons from formatting text tool bar, the letter “B” and “I” can be used to make the text bold and italics.

# You can type in text in different languages, not only in English. You can type a paragraph of text with words/sentences in different languages. The IBUS application allows you to type in most Indian languages. To type in Hindi or Kannada or Telugu or Tamil, visit the [[Learn_Ubuntu]] page

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