How to Wrap Text in PowerPoint? 2 Easy Ways
(Note: This tutorial on how to wrap text in PowerPoint is suitable for PowerPoint 2013 and later versions including Office 365)
PowerPoint is one of the most used software for conferences and presentations. When it comes to presentations, making them attractive to grab the attention of the audience goes a long way.
If you are looking to showcase both the text and image/object in a single slide, then wrapping the text around the object or image might be the best way to deliver them effectively.
In this article, I will tell you how to wrap text in PowerPoint in 2 easy ways.
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Wrapping Text in PowerPoint
Wrapping text is a useful formatting feature that helps keep the text confined within the given space. It can also be used to highlight the image and text effectively.
You can wrap text around an image or object in almost any of the Microsoft Office applications. In Microsoft Word, there are a variety of options and ways to wrap text. You’d just have to add the text, insert the image, and click on any of the wrapping options to wrap the text in Word.
However, wrapping text in PowerPoint is not the same as wrapping them in Word. Wrapping text in PowerPoint takes a couple of additional steps.
How to Wrap Text in PowerPoint?
There are two ways you can wrap text in PowerPoint. You can either add the text and image in a Word document and insert them onto a PowerPoint slide. Or, you can also manually add the text and images onto the slide and wrap them.
Let us now see the different methods and steps to wrap text in PowerPoint.
Import the Wrapped Text from Word to PowerPoint
This is one of the most well-known methods to wrap text in PowerPoint. Though it involves a couple of additional steps, this method gives a clear result.
First, you need to add the text and image and wrap them in a Word document.
- Open the Word document.
- Now, add the text to the Word document.
- Then, place the cursor in the place where you want to insert the object/image. In this case, let us choose to add the image in the center of the paragraph and wrap the text around it.
- To add the image, navigate to the Insert main menu ribbon. Under the Illustrations section, click on the dropdown from Pictures. You can either choose to add the images from your device, stock images, or from online pictures.
- Now, click on the image. You can see the Layout option button on the side of the highlighted image. Using it, you can choose the wrapping style you want.
- Furthermore, make additional changes to the image by aligning, resizing, and moving the image to fit your purpose.
- Once you have added the image and wrapped text around it, save the Word document and close it.
Note: Make sure there is no additional content in the Word document, as they will also be imported onto the PowerPoint slide. Also, make sure to close the saved Word document.
Once you have saved the Word document, let us move to add them to PowerPoint.
- Open PowerPoint and navigate to the slide where you want to insert the wrapped image and text.
- Click on the Insert main menu ribbon. Under the Text section, click on the Object button.
- This opens the Insert Object dialog box.
- From the dialog box, click on the Create from file option.
- Click on Browse and choose the destination of the file.
Note: If you want the changes made to the Word document reflect in your PowerPoint slide, check the Link checkbox
- Click OK.
- This inserts the wrapped content from the Word document onto your PowerPoint slide.
- You can then move or resize the content using the outline and anchor points depending on your needs. If you want to make changes to the text or the image, double-click on the wrapped text in the PowerPoint slide.
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Manually Wrap Text Using Textbox
This is one of the easiest ways to wrap text in PowerPoint. All you need to do is just create a text box and format your text in it.
- To wrap the text, first, select the slide where you want to insert the text.
- Then, navigate to Insert and click on the Text Box under the Text section.
- Now, drag the mouse pointer in the space on the slide and outline the textbox.
- Enter the text in the textbox and use the justify alignment to align them.
After the text is added in the text box, let us add the image.
- Under the Insert main menu ribbon, click on the dropdown from Pictures. From the dropdown, choose any method to insert the image. You can either insert the image from the local device or add them from the stock images or the internet using online pictures.
- When you insert the image, PowerPoint automatically shows you suggestions for wrapping the text and the image. Close the suggestions if you are not satisfied with them.
- Now, resize the image and move it to the desired location as you see fit. In this case, let us add the image to the center of the text and wrap the text around it.
- Since we are wrapping the text manually, we will have to use the spacebar, tab, delete, and backspace keys to align and arrange the text around the image.
- You can make additional customizations to the image by clicking on the image and navigating to the Picture Format main menu ribbon. You can adjust the image, add effects and borders, and resize and align the image here.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can we wrap text in PowerPoint?
Yes, we can wrap text in PowerPoint. However, it takes a couple of additional steps to wrap text in PowerPoint, unlike Word.
How do I copy the wrapped text from Word to PowerPoint?
First, wrap the text and save the Word document. Now, open PowerPoint and navigate to Insert. Select Object and click on the Create from file option. After selecting the file, click OK.
How to wrap text in PowerPoint using Textbox?
Go to the Insert main menu and click on Text Box. Draw the text box and add the text. Then, add the image. Finally, use the space, tab, delete, and backspace keys to align the text in proportion to the image.
Closing Thoughts
To make your presentations more interesting and noteworthy, wrapping the text around an object or image in PowerPoint makes it great.
In this article, we saw how to wrap text in PowerPoint. You can either wrap text in Word and import them as an object to your PowerPoint slide or you can use the text box to add the text and wrap them.
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Simon Calder
Chris “Simon” Calder was working as a Project Manager in IT for one of Los Angeles’ most prestigious cultural institutions, LACMA.He taught himself to use Microsoft Project from a giant textbook and hated every moment of it. Online learning was in its infancy then, but he spotted an opportunity and made an online MS Project course - the rest, as they say, is history!
