What to Do if Text Box Won’t Resize in PowerPoint?

Sometimes in PowerPoint when you try to resize a shape it won’t resize at all. This normally happen when you try to resize a text area shape that was created inserting a text. However, you can solve this easily by accessing the shape properties.

To solve this issue in PowerPoint, go to Format Shape properties and under Text Box tab change the value for Autofit. You need to choose Do not Autofit option to ensure PowerPoint won’t automatically resize the text in your slide. Here, we explain how to disable AutoFit for text in PowerPoint.

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