PowerPoint does much more than just display text and pictures. It's filled with tricks and tidbits so you can do nearly anything, like create a scrollable text box. If you've got too much text to fit ...

Change the layout of the slide to a blank layout. Click the Insert tab and click the Text box button. You can change the font and the size of the text. Right-click the text box and select Cut from the ...

Though there's no built-in fire animation for text in PowerPoint, you can use clip art to simulate the effect. Microsoft Office PowerPoint supports the use of animated picture files in the GIF format ...