How to Move Text in PowerPoint
- 1). Open PowerPoint, select the "File" tab and click the "Open" option. Navigate to the PowerPoint with the text to move and double-click the name of the presentation.
- 2). Scroll through the slide deck on the left side of the work area and double-click the first slide with text to move.
- 3). Click once on the text box holding the text -- the text box itself may not be visible, so click anywhere between the letters of the text to bring up the blue dashed lines of the text box.
- 4). Click the dashed blue lines to highlight the text box itself. The dashed blue lines become solid and a small compass appears on the cursor. Drag the text box into its new place on the slide.
- 5). Move a text box to an entirely new slide by clicking the text box to bring up the blue solid lines. Click the "Cut" button on the "Home" tab's ribbon at the top of the work area. Scroll to the new slide. Click the "Paste" button on the ribbon. The text box is now moved to its new location.
