In Normal View, display the slide with the font that is being resized in the placeholder.If Autofit is turned on and you enter more text than will fit in a placeholder on a slide, a Smart Tag will appear and you can turn off Autofit using the Smart Tag menu. You can control Autofit options for title placeholders, content placeholders and text placeholders on slides using a SmartTag. Recommended article: How to Group or Ungroup Objects in PowerPoint (with Shortcuts)ĭo you want to learn more about PowerPoint? Check out our virtual classroom or live classroom PowerPoint courses > Turning off Autofit for a placeholder using a Smart Tag Autofit can be turned off (or on) in the current presentation or for all new presentations. Depending on your requirements, you can turn Autofit off using PowerPoint Options, the Format Shape task pane or a Smart Tag.
You can turn off Autofit to stop PowerPoint from automatically formatting or changing font size in placeholders, text boxes and shapes containing text. Turn Autofit Off or On in PowerPoint Presentationsīy Avantix Learning Team | Updated March 12, 2021Īpplies to: Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)