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Powerpoint - Autofit text not working on Master Slide

Anonymous
2022-09-23T13:21:42+00:00

Hello,

I am trying to get overflow text to resize in the title of a Master slide for a Powerpoint presentation. I have "Shrink Text on Overflow" selected and it does nothing when text exceeds the text box. I have tried changing this in preferences as well. Any help is appreciated.

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Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435.8K Reputation points
2022-09-23T16:10:25+00:00

Unlike other types of placeholder & text boxes, Title Placeholders are designed to not contain a large body of text. Even though the Shrink on Overflow property is the default there is a 4 pt limit on the reduction. Once that limit is reached additional content is allowed to overflow the placeholder.

The workaround is to set the font size for the Title Placeholder to be significantly smaller but IMHO that's a practice which should be avoided.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-09-23T13:32:30+00:00

    here is a screenshot of the text options

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-23T15:09:35+00:00

    Hello,

    Thanks for your reply, as the screenshots show I've already tried the solutions in that thread and it still is not working. Any other ideas?

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  3. John Korchok 232.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-09-23T14:59:41+00:00

    The text shrinks on the slide created from the layout, not on the layout itself.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-23T14:58:16+00:00

    Hi. Thank you for your question and reaching out. My name is John and I’d be more than happy to help you with your query.

    I am sorry about that. There is actually existing discussion about that concern. I highly suggest you to check https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/master/27a7aa2f-d165-4590-917f-5f7d95e9635c

    Best regards, John

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