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You can control the appearance of the text by setting an initial style from the Quick Styles gallery.

##### You can change these properties for text

1. Set the font face 2. Set the font size 3. Set its position on the slide 4. Make its text bold 5. Italicize its text 6. Underline its text 7. Set its font color 8. Set its background color 9. Set its outline color 10. Set the width of its outline 11. Set the transparency of its background |

##### Set the text font face

Click a font in the Font box:
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##### Set the font size

Type or click a font size in the Font Size box. You can also use the controls to the right of the Font Size box to increment or decrement the font size to the next size listed in the box:
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##### Set the text alignment

Click the text alignment button to choose from one of three alignments for the text.
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##### Make the text bold

In the Format group click Bold:
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##### Italicize the text

In the Format group click Italic:
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##### Underline the text

In the Format group click Underline:
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##### Set the text color

In the Format group click the Text Color button to choose the color of the text. Here, the text, which already was set to Bold, is set to Red:
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##### Set the slide title's background color

In the Format group click the Background Color button to choose the color of the text background. Here, thetext's background is set to Red, Lighter 60%:
You can control the transparency of the background color by clicking the Background Transparency button.
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##### Set outline color

In the Format group click the Outline Color button to choose the color of the text outline. Here, the outline is set to Yellow:
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##### Set the width of the text outline

In addition to its color, you can set the outline's width. In the Format group click the Outline Width button to choose the width of the outline:
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##### Set the transparency of the text background

In the Format group click the Background Transparency button to display the Transparency slider to set the transparency of the text background fill:
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