How to Select a Sentence in PowerPoint 2007

Selecting sentences in PowerPoint 2007 is a requirement for cutting, moving, editing and deleting portions of your presentation's text. You must also select a sentence to align it on the left, center or right side of your presentation and to format the selection with a font style or color that complements your message. Any text to which you want to add bullets or numbers needs to be selected before such stylizing takes place as well. You can select sentences from within the same viewing mode used during the addition of text.

Instructions

1. Click the "View" tab and choose the sentence's original viewing mode. Use a "Normal" view to select text inside a text box that was created in "Normal" view, or click "Slide Master" to select a sentence that resides within your presentation's master slide.

2. Click the slide that contains the sentence to make the slide active.

3. Move your mouse over the slide's text box. A cursor that looks like a thin vertical line should appear.

4. Position the cursor at the beginning of the sentence that you want to select.

5. Click and drag from the beginning of the sentence to its end.

References

• Microsoft Office: Add Text to a Slide
• Microsoft Office: Edit and Reapply a Slide Layout