How to Change Slide and Text Margins in PowerPoint

Jazz up your boring presentation

There’s more to building a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation than inserting the content. You’ll want tocreate an engaging slideshowthat’s easy to read and understand. With this in mind, let’s look at adjusting the slide and object margins along with the slide size.

Customize the Slide Margins in PowerPoint

Unlike Microsoft Word, PowerPoint doesn’t offer a margin feature. By default, your elements and objects can span the entire width and height of a slide.

While it may help you fit more on each slide, this can create a cluttered appearance. Instead, you can add a bit of white space, like margins, around the edges of the slides using the built-in Guides feature as a workaround.

Tip: You can also check the box forGridlinesaboveGuidesin the ribbon. While not required, Gridlines can help you line up your Guides more accurately if you’re struggling.

Change Margins Between Text in Objects

You may not be able to use a margin feature for PowerPoint slides, but you can adjust margins for objects like text boxes and shapes. This makes those items containing text easier to read especially when the objects contain borders.

Adjust the Slide Size in PowerPoint

One more item to consider adjusting in your presentation is the slide size. While one size fits most content and slideshows just fine, you may have a situation wherea different slide sizewould work better.

With a few simple tweaks, you can improve your PowerPoint presentation to look more professional, consistent, and visually pleasing. Keep these suggestions in mind for your next slideshow.

For similar tutorials, look athow to find new PowerPoint design ideas.

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