Learn how to Reposition text boxes accurately in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows. You can set the exact position of your text boxes, using a unit of measurement.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows XP and higher
Sometimes you want your text box to be placed in an exact position on your slide. Yes, you can select a text box and move it around by dragging it with your mouse, and then let it go wherever you want it placed. But for all practical reasons, this process is just visual and not accurate enough. Thankfully, PowerPoint provides a way to accurately position any text box just where you want it located. Having said that, do not move your text boxes until they contain all the text content you need within them, or you may find that your text boxes resize when you add text to them! Of course, you can control this behavior using the Autofit option we explained to you in a separate tutorial.
While this tutorial shows you how to reposition a text box (or a shape), it can be used to reposition text placeholders too, especially in the Slide Master.
Follow these steps to reposition your text boxes accurately on the slide in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows:
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