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| | AutoFit Leads to Bad PowerPointAnimated clipart? Obnoxious sound effects? Clashing colors? All of these qualify as annoying features in PowerPoint but the worst feature might just be AutoFit. The purpose: AutoFit intentionally shrinks the size of lengthy slide titles and bullet text as large amounts of text are added to a slide. The reality: AutoFit encourages too much text on a slide even though this is one of the top complaints from audiences of PowerPoint slide shows. AutoFit reinforces terrible habits in slide design by allowing text too small for presentations.* To turn off AutoFit, choose Tools > AutoCorrect Options, click the tab for AutoFormat As You Type. Uncheck the 2 options under the Apply as you type section: AutoFit title text to placeholder and AutoFit bullet text to placeholder. Press OK to finish. This change applies to the active and future PowerPoint presentations. 
* Text guidelines for PowerPoint presentations include bullet text sized at 24 point or larger and title text no smaller than 44 point--more rules for slides in a future issue of Smart & Easy Software Tips & Tricks. AutoFit is found in PowerPoint 2003 & 2002/XP © 2004 by Dawn Bjork Buzbee
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