In PowerPoint, you need to add text in a text placeholder, title placeholder, or text box. Figure 3.1 illustrates an example of a text placeholder.
If you use the AutoContent Wizard or add a slide that includes a text or title placeholder, you can immediately start creating text.
If you want to add your own text box to a blank slide, choose Insert, Text Box. You can then draw a text box on the slide using the mouse. As you add text, the box expands. Figure 3.2 shows a text box.
Your text doesn't fit in the text box? See “Making the Text Fit” in the “Troubleshooting” section near the end of this chapter.