To arrange a group with shapes, text boxes, or WordArt equally, under Drawing Tools, click the Format tab. In the Arrange group, click Align, and then do one of the following: To arrange the objects …

It costs time and effort to perfectly align and manually position multiple elements on a slide. Using Auto Fix, you can automatically align, uniformly resize, and distribute elements, and straighten the …

In PowerPoint, format text in shapes or text boxes to set direction and position, like rotating or mirroring.

The default horizontal and vertical gridlines make a grid of one-inch squares. You can't change that grid size. However, you can change the space between the dots that make up each gridline by using the …

To change the horizontal placement of text, in the Alignment box, choose Left, Center, Right, Justified, or Distributed. Justified adds spacing between words so that the lines of text touch both the left and …

Red dashed lines—smart guides—appear so you align items vertically, horizontally, or both. Smart guides also appear between objects or near the edges of the slide to help you space out objects evenly.

If you want to precisely control the placement of text within a text box or a shape, or if you want to align text, you can add tab stops using the ruler. Note: It's not necessary to set tabs if you just want to …

PowerPoint doesn't have the same text-wrapping feature that Word does. But you can lay out your picture and wrapping text in Word, then embed that layout on a PowerPoint slide.

You can easily align text or change the top, bottom, right, or left margins in a text box.

On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group,, click the Paragraph dialog box launcher, and then click the Indents and Spacing tab. Under General, in the Alignment list, click the alignment you want.