Turn placeholder AutoFit text on or off

If you add more text to a body text placeholder than the placeholder can contain, your text automatically resizes to a smaller font so that all of the text will fit in the placeholder. This automatic text resizing is called AutoFit.

1 AutoFit Options button

2 Placeholder

3 Text that extends below the placeholder

To turn on, turn off, or manage AutoFit:

1. Click the AutoFit Options button, which appears next to the placeholder.

   

2. Do one of the following:

   • To turn AutoFit off and allow text to move beyond the placeholder border, click Stop Fitting Text to This Placeholder.

   • To turn AutoFit on, click AutoFit Text to Placeholder.

   • To manage AutoFit options in PowerPoint for body text and title text, click Control AutoCorrect Options, and select the AutoFit options you want on the AutoFormat As You Type tab.