Text box formatting - Works Cited --hanging indent

D

D. Beaman

Students using PowerPoint for academic reports need to be able to include a
Works Cited list. It is difficult to format a text box so that it single
spaces and has a hanging indent. It is possible to set a tab but that creates
problems if changes are made to the size of the font or if changes are made
to the Works Cited entry. The text does not wrap the way it should.

I would like to see something like the paragraph formatting that is
available in Word for use in formatting a text box.

I found instructions for how to create a scrolling credits but it would be
more useful to be able to follow MLA citation formatting.

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E

Echo S

Does dragging the indent thing on the ruler not do the trick? That's
generally the way to set a hanging indent in PPT.
 
J

John Wilson

As Echo says you can achieve this with a combination of using the ruler and
format > line spacing

If you REALLY need the functions in Word you could insert a word file.
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Hope that helps


Echo S said:
Does dragging the indent thing on the ruler not do the trick? That's
generally the way to set a hanging indent in PPT.

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Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


D. Beaman said:
Students using PowerPoint for academic reports need to be able to include
a
Works Cited list. It is difficult to format a text box so that it single
spaces and has a hanging indent. It is possible to set a tab but that
creates
problems if changes are made to the size of the font or if changes are
made
to the Works Cited entry. The text does not wrap the way it should.

I would like to see something like the paragraph formatting that is
available in Word for use in formatting a text box.

I found instructions for how to create a scrolling credits but it would be
more useful to be able to follow MLA citation formatting.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...3-1fdbbec22547&dg=microsoft.public.powerpoint
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