
Tip
Sometimes it is faster to to delete a text box by dragging a
selection rectangle around the text box and then hitting the
Delete
key. Take care to avoid selecting and accidentally deleting
other text boxes or shapes.
Inserting text
Pasting text
Text may be inserted into the text box by copying it from another
document and pasting it into Impress. However, the pasted text will
probably not match the formatting of the surrounding text or that of
the other slides in the presentation. This may be what you want on
some occasions, however in most cases you want to make sure that the
presentation does not become a patchwork of different paragraph
styles, font types, bullet points and so on. There are several ways to
ensure consistency; these methods are explained below.
Pasting unformatted text
It is normally good practice to paste text without formatting and apply
the formatting later. To paste without formatting, either press
Control+Shift+V
and then select Unformatted text from the dialog
box that appears, or click on the small black triangle next to the paste
symbol in the standard toolbar and select Unformatted text. The
unformatted text will be formatted with the outline style at the cursor
position in an AutoLayout text box or with the default graphic style in a
normal text box.
Formatting pasted text
If pasting the text into an AutoLayout area, then to give the pasted
text the same look and feel of the rest of the presentation apply the
appropriate
outline style
to the text. To do so:
1) Paste the text in the desired position. Do not worry if it does not
look right: it will in a minute.
2) Select the text you have just pasted (see “Selecting text” on page
62 for details on how to do that).
3) Select Format > Default formatting from the menu bar.
4) Use the four arrow buttons in the Text Formatting toolbar
to move the text to the appropriate position and
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