April 07, 2009
When you are working with text in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, you can use the F2 key to switch between selecting text in a placeholder and selecting the placeholder itself. So, the next time you have edited some text and want to reposition it on the slide, instead of clicking the tiny edges of the box, you can just press F2. The entire text box will instantly be selected for you, ready for alignment. To jump to the next text box on the slide, you can hit the Tab key. After entering your text, press F2 again to reposition that text box on the slide.