Question

What is a Text box? How is it different from a shape?​

Answer 1

Text boxes are containers for text can be customized and moved around. They are useful for emphasizing or decorating text. Some examples of text boxes . To add a text box, go to Insert> Text> Text box . They are a few pre-created Built-in options to choose from.

Answer 2

Answer:

Text Boxes and Text Box Shapes

Text boxes give you an opportunity to exercise your creativity. They add another element to slides. Use them to position text wherever you want, annotate a chart or equation, or place an announcement on a slide. You can even create a vertical text box in which the text reads from top to bottom instead of left to right, or turn a text box into a circle, arrow, or other shape.

Figure shows examples of text boxes and text box shapes. In Office 2007 terminology, a PowerPoint text box is an object.

Examples of text boxes and text box shapes.

Here are the basics of handling text boxes in PowerPoint:

Creating a text box: On the Insert tab, open the drop-down list on the Text Box button and choose Horizontal or Vertical. Text in a horizontal text box reads from left to right, in a vertical text box, text reads from top to bottom or bottom to top. Move the pointer to a part of the slide where you can see the text box pointer, a downward-pointing arrow. Click and start dragging to create your text box.