Unlike MS Word, you can’t write anywhere on a PowerPoint slide just by double - clicking and typing. You can only write inside a text box and to add content on a specific point of a slide you first need to insert a text box there. There can be several text boxes on a single slide. To edit the content inside a text box quickly, you need to have a good knowledge of various shortcuts. Here we have highlighted the six most important ones.
1. F2 - It is the quickest way of selecting the whole text within a text box. Kindly note that if you have clicked inside the text box for editing, then you will need to press F2 twice to perform the same action.
2. Alt + Shift + up/down arrow - This shortcut is very useful for quickly moving the lines/paragraphs within a text box.
The following example shows the application of the shortcut used for moving lines/paragraph up or down.
3. Shift + Left/Right Key - This shortcut is helpful in selective editing. So if there are just few letters you want to edit then go for this shortcut.
4. Ctrl + Shift + Left/Right Key - It allows greater flexibility as you can edit the whole words using this shortcut.
5. Ctrl + Shift + >/< - This is the quickest way of changing the font size of the selected text. The size increases/decreases by 2 everytime you use the shortcut.
6. Shift + F3 - The easiest way of changing the case of the text is to use this shortcut. The folliwng example shows how it is used.
