FIX YOUR TEXT BOXES - Why PowerPoint breaks your text boxes by default and how to fix it

[@FirmLearning]

Thanks for watching! Interested to learn the full process how top consulting firms create slide presentations for board meetings? This is a discounted link to my online course: link.firmlearning.com/slides

[@judyl.7811]

3:50 align to the left edge.
7:00 reshape the textbox: right click the "format shape", manual pop up and put all margins into zero.
8:05 set this as a default textbox.

[@edwardelzinga935]

The part starting at 6:58 is what I was looking for - thanks!

[@arihantjain3975]

Thank you Heinrich again for sharing these advanced tricks. I also would like to learn from you two things maybe in form of a course or video
1. Guidance and framework for developing a business case within organization esp. Working on internal initiatives where you need management buyin to help with resources and findings such type of presentations need more of thinking then actual secondary research
2. How to improve our thinking to make it more towards "so what" like how to tackle business problem and asking right question to better understand the problem

[@FirmLearning]

Hi Arihant, thanks again for the feedback. Yes, especially like your point around "so what" thinking. This was indeed one of the big takeaways from consulting for me and one of the things I see many people struggle with. Will add this to my list of ideas for future videos :) Best! Heinrich

[@joshlevy4802]

7:30 ish is the answer

[@FirmLearning]

Thanks Josh! Best, Heinrich

[@mcdlr9197]

I often struggled with this. Thank you for pointing this out!

[@FirmLearning]

Sure thing!

[@renatoregiodearaujo8883]

Your material is very interesting, the tools that is useful.

[@FirmLearning]

Thank you very much! Glad it helps. Best; Heinrich

[@Knowledge_Nuggies]

One question I'm asking myself since day 1: Is this channel called Firm Learning because a) it's about learning stuff relevant to firms or b) because you advocate learning in a firm ("steady") way or c) something else?!

[@FirmLearning]

Hi! When I came up with the name, I indeed liked the double meaning of a) and b) - though also did not think too much about it when I decided on that name :) Best! Heinrich

[@tribolex]

Supernice etwas gelernt heute Nacht

[@XiaochuanChen]

that helps a lot. thanks.

[@FirmLearning]

Happy to hear that - thank you Xiaochuan! Best, Heinrich

[@siamaksiamak5583]

Excellent, do you plan to have a power point course?

[@FirmLearning]

Hi, yes already have one. Please check the video description :) Best! Heinrich

[@kinpoon9109]

Heinrich, I took your online course, but I am struggling to find you how you create those underlined textboxes. When ungrouped, it doesn't look like a text box + a line. Please help. Thank you.

[@FirmLearning]

Hi Kin, yes indeed - it is exactly that, a text box and a line! :) Best, Heinrich

[@kinpoon9109]

@@FirmLearning Thanks, Heinrich. Is there a video that shows how you make that magic happen?

[@jurgen129]

Great video. Have you found a shortcut how to set the proofing language for all boxes, tables etc. throughout a full slide deck? I'm going nuts with that, especially once I changed everything and create a new text box, it will still be configured for proofing in my primary language. Any advise?

[@FirmLearning]

Hi Jürgen, do you mean something like this?
pptproductivity.com/blog/set-proofing-language#:~:text=Select%20all%20slides%20by%20pressing,use%20as%20the%20proofing%20language
Hope this helps.
best, Heinrich

[@jurgen129]

@@FirmLearning tried this before and just confirmed (due to needing it): The "set proofing language" is greyed out when selecting all slides. It even breaks within one slide when selecting everything on it if the text is in a table 😕
Thanks for trying to help though

[@kallewirsch7915]

One problem still exists: Your newly inserted text boxes came with german as language, which means the spell check doesn´t work, because the whole slide was english. How to solve this automatically?

[@FirmLearning]

Hi Kalle, you can set the language for the whole document. Have you tried setting it to your preferred language? This should usually do the trick. Best! Heinrich

[@kallewirsch7915]

@@FirmLearning Thanks, but I haven´t found an option to change the language for the whole document. I found only the option to change it for PowerPoint in general, which isn´t an option, because I need the default language German as my native language for presentations in German. Switching every time isn´t an option in daily life. This is exactly what you can see in your video. Your PowerPoint language seems to be German as well.

[@quocthainguyen4117]

Could you help me pls ? I got a problem that i cant fix
The textbox when i insert anh take same text but then i cant change Font ( whenever i change a Font the textbox just turn back to font "Time news roman" bút as i know before that the textbox can free change any Font you want but mine is not pls..... Need some help >

[@FirmLearning]

Hi, this indeed sounds not normal and unusual. Unfortunately do not really know how to resolve it. Suggest you google the problem and potentialy reinstall Office. Best! Heinrich

[@superfreiheit1]

How you created the bars in "revenue pool"

[@FirmLearning]

Hi, just answered under your other comment on this. Best! Heinrich

[@marcoberetta9]

@@FirmLearning Hi Heinrich, i am interested too but i can't find the other comment of Joe you mention :) may you copy and paste the answer here please? thank a lot and congrats for the channel!!

[@garvitkannada]

you are explaining 2 minute stuff in 10 minutes. thanks god youtube have fast forward option

[@FirmLearning]

Sorry to hear the video did not appeal to you! To be fair, this is one of my very early videos :) Appreciate you watching! Best, Heinrich

[@bingbong8651]

Why is Microsoft so, so fucking awful?
Like how is it that we, the users, have to reset text boxes to allow for BULLETS AND INDENTS.
Powerpoints were invented in fucking 1987.

[@shredder52]

EVERY TIME I MAKE A TEXT BOX, IT MAKES A ONE PIXEL WIDE BOX AND STACKS EACH LETTER ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. WTF IS WRONG WITH POWERPOINT. I EVEN TRIED SETTING A DEFAULT TEXT BOX.

[@FirmLearning]

I am sorry you are having difficulties. If you want to learn more about slide writing for consultants then take a look at the course I have made which is linked in the caption of each of my videos! Thanks for watching!

[@KevsGuide]

thankyou my friend ps you sound a bit like Arnie

[@FirmLearning]

:) Thank you for watching the video!

[@KevsGuide]

@Firm Learning I'll be back 😂

[@KevsGuide]

can you set up margins in one text box and make the same settings for all slides, without having to click every individual one :)