Biology Lesson Preparation

I am trying an idea suggesting on the Adult Learning Platform. It is to include text boxes in a PowerPoint presentation to make them more interactive. I look forward to seeing how this idea works in the class.

Adding text while viewing a slide show PowerPoint text boxes using the Control Bar

You can get your learners more actively involved in your PowerPoint presentations by using the text box facility. It lets you add text to a slide during the presentation.

Make sure you have a blank slide.

View>Toolbars>Control Toolbox

Drag the text box to your desired size and shape

Text cannot be entered in edit mode – you need to view the slide show.

For some reason known only to Microsoft (bless them!) the text defaults to one line and no return. So you have to change the settings.

Right-click on the text box and click on Properties.
Change Multiline to True
Change EnterKeyBehaviour to True
Word Wrap should default to True but check to see.

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