Adding text into a presentation can be done by either inserting a shape or using a standard text box.

We'll cover both methods here and the pros and cons of using these two methods.

Using a shape to add to text can be achieved by first inserting a shape and then double clicking the shape.

The shape will have a default fill and outline colour, as will the text colour and size, depending on how you've set up the theme colors.

An advantage of this method is that if you've specified the fonts in the theme, it will use those fonts automatically.

A disadvantage to using a shape when inserting text is that the size of the shape remains fixed as more text is added, and so you'll need to resize the shape depending on how much text there is.

Using a standard text box, there is no fill and outline color, just a transparent box, and the font size and colour will default to normal PowerPoint settings, even if you set up a specific font using the theme style, and so some formatting will be required.

The advantage to using this method though, is that the size of the text box increases as more text is added.

The disadvantage here is that the specified fonts in the theme won't be used a default.