In PowerPoint, there are a variety of animations that people can use to add to the objects that they want to animate, such as Appear, Fade, Wipe, Shape, Split, etc.

Change the color of text on a PPT slide! Learn how to add multi-color text to a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to make it attractive.

PowerPoint 2007 has WordArt tools that let you generate text not only in a half-circle, but in all sorts of rings, waves, slants and fades so you can morph your words into whatever shape you envision.

For text to overlap in PowerPoint 2007 it has to be entered into separate text boxes. If you think of each text box as a sticky-note, you can envision how PowerPoint works with objects.

Create and format shapes Start by opening PowerPoint and choosing the Blank Presentation slide. One slide with two text boxes appears.