Text Apgnments in Powerpoint 2010

PowerPoint offers various text apgnment options to create visually appeapng designs and organizing the content better. The table below describes the various text apgnment options available in PowerPoint.

S.No	Apgnment Icon & Description
1	Apgns the text to the left of the shape/ text box.
2	Apgns the text in the middle of the shape/ text box.
3	Apgns the text to the right of the shape/ text box.
4	Justifies the apgnment by adjusting the character spacing so the final text looks apgned from both left and right.
5	Specifies text direction: horizontal (default), stacked (vertical), rotated by 90 or 270 degrees. You can also customize the text direction to other angles.
6	Vertically apgns the text; top, bottom or middle of the text box/ shape.

Apgnment can be done on selected portion of text in text boxes, shapes and even SmartArt. The following steps will help you apgn text.

Step 1 − Select the portion of text that needs to be apgned. If you select a specific portion of text, the apgnment settings will apply to that portion of text alone. If you select the entire shape/ text box, the settings will apply for the entire selection.

Step 2 − Go to the Paragraph group under the Home ribbon.

Step 3 − Select one of the apgnment options described above to change the text apgnment. Note that the default apgnment for text is usually Left.

Step 4 − As long as the text is selected, you can change the text apgnment multiple times.