Powerpoint automatically adjust font size in my slides from a template.

Question

e.g.

I have a text with a font zie of 24 and 20. If I type too much in the slide then it is rezised to 22 and 19 (or something similar).

Even if I manually changed it back it is resized again.

Same happens if I remove lines of text. The font size enlarges.

How do I prevent for this to happen?

Note: this is with all desktop powerpoint versions.

Thanks.

Ag~

Answer 1

PowerPoint's default setting for placeholders is to Shrink text on overflow, which creates the effect you've noticed. To change this, open View>Slide Master, then scroll up to the larger thumbnail at the top of the left-hand list. Right-click on the main placeholder and choose Format Shape. The Format Shape task pane opens. Click on Text Options, then on the Text Box icon. Change the setting to Do not Autofit. On a well-constructed presentation, changing that one shape on the master will ripple through all the other placeholders on the layouts and slides.