How to Add a Callout in MS PowerPoint
Your PowerPoint presentation, a collection of slides that may be composed of data, images, information and photos, is a way to offer an audience an education on your main points. To further get your point across, PowerPoint provides graphical elements such as callouts, which can draw viewers' eyes to specific elements of the slide. Add callouts with a few clicks using PowerPoint's menus and toolbars.
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Instructions
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Open PowerPoint, click "File" and click "Open." Browse to the slide to which you want to add a callout and double-click the file name. The presentation will open in the PowerPoint workspace.
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Scroll through the slide deck on the left side of the screen and double-click the slide to which you want to add the callout. The slide will fill the main portion of the screen.
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Click the "Insert" tab at the top of the screen. Click the "Shapes" button on the toolbar below the tab.
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Select one of the callout shapes from the "Callouts" section at the bottom of the "Shapes" menu. Notice that your cursor changes into a plus (+) sign.
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Click the slide, press and hold down the left mouse button and drag to add the callout to the slide. The callout will appear and fill in with the default colors or the last colors you used.
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Double-click the callout to open a new "Drawing Tools" toolbar at the top of the screen. Hover your cursor over the options in the "Shape Styles" section of the toolbar to view possible changes to the callout's colors and border. Click a "Shape Style" to actually implement the change.
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Add text inside the callout by clicking the "Insert" tab again and clicking the "Text Box" button in the middle of the toolbar. Press and hold down the left mouse button, click the slide and drag a rectangle inside the callout. A text box will appear; type the callout text.
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Highlight the text and click the "Home" tab on the toolbar. Use the controls in the "Font" section of the toolbar to change the callout font, size, appearance and color.
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Click the "File" menu, click "Save As," and save the PowerPoint to your computer, or rename it and save it to preserve the original.
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