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Shrink Text On OverFlow Won't Work!

So, you have a textbox and you have selected "Shrink text on overflow". You are expecting the text to get smaller when it overflows BUT it doesn't.

Shrink text fails

The answer is there highlighted yellow. You need to have Wrap text on!

OK But I Didn't Unset "Wrap Text" In The First Place!

Here's what probably happened. When you added the text box you selected "Insert TextBox" and just clicked the slide and started typing. When you do this wrap text is automatically turned off. If you want text to wrap automatically select "Insert text" and DRAW a box on the slide.

 

 

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