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SPECIFYING ALIGNMENT
Alignment helps you to align the text of the slide in various directions. You can align the text not
only in placeholders, but also in text boxes, shapes, charts, tables, etc. You can specify mainly
four types of alignment in the presentation:
✶ Align Left: It is used to shift the text into the left side of the slide window.
✶ Align Right: It is used to shift the text into the right side of the slide window.
✶ Center: It is used to shift the text into the center of the slide window.
✶ Justify: It adds spaces between the words so that lines of text touches both left and right
margins. It gives a clear look to the text.
To align the text, follow these steps:
Step 1 Select the text. Click on Home tab.
Step 2 Select any alignment option from the Paragraph group. The text will be aligned
according to selected alignment.
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Shortcuts for the four text alignments are:
Ctrl + L : Left align Ctrl + E : Center align
Ctrl + R : Right align Ctrl + J : Justify align
TABLES IN POWERPOINT
A table is an arrangement of text in the form of columns and rows. It can be very useful in
organising, and analysing the data. A table consists of vertical columns and horizontal rows.
The intersection of a row and a column in a table is called a cell. The cells of a table can contain
images, text, drawings, cliparts, etc.
Inserting a Table 2
Similar to Word, PowerPoint also allows
you to add a table. Follow the given steps
to insert a table on a slide: 3
Step 1 Create a new presentation or open
an existing presentation and select 1
the slide on which you want to
insert a table. Inserting table
Step 2 Click on Table command from the Tables group under the Insert tab. A drop-down menu
appears.
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