How to Curve Texts in Microsoft PowerPoint

But please just use it sparingly

Too much text in your PowerPoint presentation can make for a dull experience for your audience. You’ll need to make important pieces of text stand out, but how?

Depending on your audience, you could use the built-in text effect tools to curve text in PowerPoint. This will add some flair to your presentation, emphasizing important phrases or topic titles, but be warned—too many special effects like this one can ruin your presentation.

If you’re thinking about how to curve text in Microsoft PowerPoint, follow the steps below.

Should You Use Curved Text in PowerPoint?

Using curved text in PowerPoint can have advantages and disadvantages, depending on your presentation’s purpose and target audience.

As a positive, curved text will grab your audience’s attention by making the text stand out against anything else on your slides. Curved text can also help you emphasize your main points and keywordsagainst the backgroundwhile matching the theme or mood of your presentation in the process.

However, there’s an obvious problem with curved text in PowerPoint—how it looks.

For instance, WordArt is one of two methods you can use for curving text in PowerPoint, and it has a reputation for looking somewhat childish. If professionalism is the aim, WordArt (and curved text effects generally) is best avoided, especially as there areother PowerPoint special effectsthat you can use instead.

Curved text can also be difficult to edit and position in your presentation, forcing you to rearrange other items to make it fit.

How to Curve Text in PowerPoint Using WordArt

If you’ve decided to use curved text effects in PowerPoint, one of two methods you can use to do it is to use WordArt. WordArt is a feature that allows you to insert decorative and stylized text into your slides. WordArt has many preset styles and effects that you can apply to your text, including curving options.

To curve text in PowerPoint using WordArt, follow these steps.

How to Curve Standard Text in PowerPoint

If you’d prefer to avoid WordArt, you can use similar steps to curve standard text in PowerPoint. You can do this by inserting a text box and applying a text effect to the text you’ve inserted.

To curve standard text in PowerPoint, follow these steps.

Creating Impressive PowerPoint Presentations

It might seem simple, but curving text in PowerPoint is a simple and quick way to enhance parts of your slide text—if you use it sparingly. If you’re looking for otherPowerPoint tips, however, you may want to consider how you’re using PowerPoint to present to your audience.

For instance, you coulddraw on your PowerPoint slidesin a live presentation to highlight specific points mid-flow. You can alsouse PowerPoint’s autoplay featureto get PowerPoint to loop through your slides automatically.

Ben Stockton is a freelance technology writer based in the United Kingdom. In a past life, Ben was a college lecturer in the UK, training teens and adults. Since leaving the classroom, Ben has taken his teaching experience and applied it to writing tech how-to guides and tutorials, specialising in Linux, Windows, and Android. He has a degree in History and a postgraduate qualification in Computing.Read Ben’s Full Bio

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