How to Edit Text on a PowerPoint 2007 Slide
In PowerPoint 2007, you have to select text before you can edit it. To edit text in your PowerPoint presentation, follow these steps:
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1 View thumbnail images of the slides in your PowerPoint 2007 presentation.Click the Slides tab to display all the slides in your presentation. |
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2 Display your slide in the Slides pane.Click the slide thumbnail of the slide you want to edit on the Slides tab. It appears in the Slides pane. |
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3 Click inside the text placeholder.Make sure you click below the title text placeholder. |
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4 Highlight the text you want to edit.Drag the cursor across a line of text to select it. |
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5 Type new text.The text you type replaces the selected text. |














