Insert and format your text

Insert your text

You can add a new text in three different ways:

Add a text passage within the corresponding text placeholder provided on the slide layout. To do that just put the cursor within the placeholder and type in your text or paste it using the Ctrl+V key combination in place of the according default text.
Add a text passage anywhere on a slide. To do that:
1. click the Insert Text icon at the top toolbar, or
  click the Insert Autoshape icon at the top toolbar and select the shape from the Basic Shapes group,
2. put the mouse cursor to the place where you want to insert the text and drag the text block border,
3. in the text block that appears, enter your text or paste it using the Ctrl+V key combination.
Add a text passage within an autoshape. Select a shape and start typing your text. The text you add in this way becomes a part of the autoshape (when you move or rotate the shape, the text moves or rotates with it).

You can resize, rotate or move a text placeholder/block using the special handles.

To learn how to align a text block on the slide or arrange text blocks as related to other objects, refer to the Align and arrange objects on a slide section.

To change the border or fill of the text placeholder/block, click on its border - the Shape Settings tab will be activated at the right sidebar. For more detailed information please refer to the Fill objects and select colors section.

Align your text within the text block

The text is aligned horizontally in four ways: left, right, center or justified. To do that:

place the cursor to the position where you want the alignment to be applied (this can be a new line or already entered text),
drop-down the Horizontal Align list on the top toolbar,
select the alignment type you would like to apply:
- the Align text left option allows you to line up your text by the left side of the text block (the right side remains unaligned).
- the Align text center option allows you to line up your text by the center of the text block (the right and the left sides remains unaligned).
- the Align text right option allows you to line up your text by the right side of the text block (the left side remains unaligned).
- the Justify option allows you to line up your text by both the left and the right sides of the text block (additional spacing is added where necessary to keep the alignment).

The text is aligned vertically in three ways: top, middle or bottom. To do that:

place the cursor to the position where you want the alignment to be applied (this can be a new line or already entered text),
drop-down the Vertical Align list on the top toolbar,
select the alignment type you would like to apply:
- the Align text to the top option allows you to line up your text by the top of the text block.
- the Align text to the middle option allows you to line up your text by the center of the text block.
- the Align text to the bottom option allows you to line up your text by the bottom of the text block.

Adjust font type, size, color and apply decoration styles

You can select the font type, its size and color as well as apply various font decoration styles using the corresponding icons situated at the top toolbar.

Note: in case you want to apply the formatting to the text already present in the presentation, select it with the mouse or using the keyboard and apply the formatting.

Font Name		Is used to select one of the fonts from the list of the available ones.
Font Size		Is used to select among the preset font size values from the dropdown list, or can be entered manually to the font size field.
Font Color		Is used to change the color of the letters/characters in the text. Click the downward arrow next to the icon to select the color.
Bold		Is used to make the font bold giving it more weight.
Italic		Is used to make the font italicized giving it some right side tilt.
Underline		Is used to make the text underlined with the line going under the letters.
Strikeout		Is used to make the text struck out with the line going through the letters.
Superscript		Is used to make the text smaller and place it to the upper part of the text line, e.g. as in fractions.
Subscript		Is used to make the text smaller and place it to the lower part of the text line, e.g. as in chemical formulas.

Set line spacing and change paragraph indents

In ONLYOFFICE™ Presentation Editor, you can set the line height for the text lines within the paragraph as well as the margins between the current and the preceding or the subsequent paragraph.

Shape Settings tab

To do that,

put the cursor within the paragraph you need, or select several paragraphs with the mouse,
use the corresponding fields of the Text Settings tab at the right sidebar to achieve the desired results:
- Line Spacing - set the line height for the text lines within the paragraph. You can select among three options: at least (sets the minimum line spacing that is needed to fit the largest font or graphic on the line), multiple (sets line spacing that can be expressed in numbers greater than 1), exactly (sets fixed line spacing). In the At field you can specify the necessary value.
- Before - set the amount of space before the paragraph.
- After - set the amount of space after the paragraph.

To quickly change the current paragraph line spacing, you can also use the Line Spacing icon at the top toolbar selecting the needed value from the list: 1.0, 1.15, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, or 3.0 lines.

To change the paragraph offset from the left side of the text block, put the cursor within the paragraph you need, or select several paragraphs with the mouse and use the respective icons at the top toolbar: Decrease Indent and Increase Indent .

You can also change the advanced settings of the paragraph. Put the cursor within the paragraph you need - the Text Settings tab will be activated at the right sidebar. Press the Show advanced settings link. The paragraph properties window will be opened:

Paragraph Properties - Indents & Placement tab

The Indents & Placement tab allows to change the first line offset from the left internal margin of the text block as well as the paragraph offset from the left and right internal margins of the text block.

The Font tab contains the following parameters:

Strikethrough is used to make the text struck out with the line going through the letters.
Double strikethrough is used to make the text struck out with the double line going through the letters.
Superscript is used to make the text smaller and place it to the upper part of the text line, e.g. as in fractions.
Subscript is used to make the text smaller and place it to the lower part of the text line, e.g. as in chemical formulas.
Small caps is used to make all letters lower case.
All caps is used to make all letters upper case.
Character Spacing is used to set the space between the characters.

The Tab tab allows to change tab stops i.e. the position the cursor advances to when you press the Tab key on the keyboard.

Tab Position - is used to set custom tab stops. Enter the necessary value in this box, adjust it more precisely using the arrow buttons and press the Specify button. Your custom tab position will be added to the list in the field below.
Default Tab is set at 1.25 cm. You can decrease or increase this value using the arrow buttons or enter the necessary one in the box.
Alignment - is used to set the necessary alignment type for each of the tab positions in the list above. Select the necessary tab position in the list, choose the Left, Center or Right radiobutton and press the Specify button.
- Left - lines up your text by the left side at the tab stop position; the text moves to the right from the tab stop as you type. Such a tab stop will be indicated on the horizontal ruler by the marker.
- Center - centres the text at the tab stop position. Such a tab stop will be indicated on the horizontal ruler by the marker.
- Right - lines up your text by the right side at the tab stop position; the text moves to the left from the tab stop as you type. Such a tab stop will be indicated on the horizontal ruler by the marker.
To delete tab stops from the list select a tab stop and press the Remove or Remove All button.