Add formatting to your document by using the Mini toolbar

When you select text, you can show or hide a handy, miniature, semitransparent toolbar called the Mini toolbar. The Mini toolbar helps you work with fonts, font styles, font sizing, alignment, text color, indent levels, and bullet features.

Note You cannot customize the Mini toolbar.

The following shows how the semitransparent toolbar looks when you select text on a slide or in a shape in Microsoft Office PowerPoint.

The following shows the Mini toolbar when you rest your pointer on it. To use the toolbar, click any of the available commands.