As already stated, this lesson series is not addressing how to create original art work using Presentations. However, there is a "drawing" feature that needs to be covered, since it could be very useful for many slides -- adding text boxes to a slide. For example, the title slide now just gives the title and subtitle. It would be helpful to add your name (or the presenter's name) and affiliation to this slide.

Text boxes have to be added in the Slide Editor View. The button to create a text box is called the [Text Object Tools] . It is found on the Toolbar. Clicking on the down arrow next to the [Text Object Tools] shows you four icons to pick from:

	Create a text box
	Create a text line
	Create a bulleted list
	Add special effects to text - also called TextArt

Your choice depends on the type of text box you want. You can opt to use a text box even if you only want to type one line; it has to be used if you want multiple lines that are treated as a group.

When you select the text box or the bullet list, the mouse pointer changes to the hand holding the box. Drag with this pointer from left to right on the line where you want the box to start. When you release the mouse button, the insertion point is inside the box. You can use buttons on the Property Bar to change the font style, font size, and justification or click on the [Foreground Fill Color] button to change the text color. Then type the text. If you pick text box, the text wraps to the next line if you reach the right edge of a box, similar to typing in a text box in WordPerfect. You can also press <Enter> to go to the next line. [Justification] for the text includes Left, Right and Center.

Since the text box is a graphic element, any information typed here will not appear in the Outliner View.

Exercise 2

Open the "newsletter tips" file in Slide Editor View. Go to Slide 1. Click on the [Selection Tool] button on the Toolbar. Click once on the Title area and note the size of font by reading the Property Bar. Click once on the subtitle area and note the font size.

Now click on the [Text Object Tools] and pick [Text Box] . Drag the top of the box on the slide where you want your name and affiliation to appear. When the insertion point appears inside a box, use the [Font Size] button to change the size of the font and pick a color using the [Foreground Fill Color] button that will go with the color scheme. Click on justification and change the justification to Center. Now type in at least two lines, one with your name and one with your affiliation. Click away from the box. Save this new version of "newsletter tips."

You may find text boxes useful for annotating charts you create, to help explain some data patterns, or they may be used to add an annotation to a complicated image on a slide.

Learning Corel Presentations 8.0