How to Curve Text Boxes in PowerPoint 2010. While standard text boxes serve their purposes, modifying the plain text in your PowerPoint presentations can add some compelling visual flair.

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.

Click the text box, then click the Shape Outline button in the Shape Styles group. In the list, click No Outline . In the Shape Styles group, click the Color Fill, Black Dark 1 .