How to add text box, symbol, and data fields to your slides

Add Text box, Symbols, and Data Fields to a slide

Add a Text box

Text boxes allow you to insert text anywhere within a slide apart from the normal text placeholders, such as a caption for a table and label for a video. Every text box in Normal View can be customized further to get a new look for the text including font style, font size, font color, alignment, and spacing. While a text box created in Master View will appear on all the slides that follow the layout.

  1. Click Text in the top bar and then select Textbox. You will see a list of text box styles within the window.



  2. Choose the text box style you want to apply. The text box will appear on the slide.
     You can also double click on a slide to add the default text box.
  3. Type within the text box. You can also drag the edges of a text box to adjust its size.   

Add a Symbol

Symbols are special characters that are useful while writing mathematical equations, performing analysis, inserting currency symbols, or designing flow charts.
  1. Click Text in the top bar and then select Symbol. You will see a list of different categories of symbols within the window.
  2. Choose your preferred category of symbols from the list. For example, choose Currency if you want to insert a Dollar ($) or Rupee (₹) symbol. 
    1. Currency contains various currency symbols to denote monetary values. 
    2. Punctuation contains punctuation marks such as quotation marks or hyphens to help you organize or structure your content. 
    3. Arrow contains symbols to point or indicate a direction, such as in a flowchart. 
    4. Math&Science contains symbols to help you frame mathematical and scientific equations.
    5. Miscellaneous contains symbols from a variety of categories, including musical notation and emoji.  You can use the navigation arrows to switch between different categories.



  3. Once the symbol appears on the slide, you can adjust its size using the drop-down option under Font in the Format pane. 

Add a Data Field

A data field is used to store values and access them when required. With the Zoho Show app, you can define a data field and use it across your presentation. It can be used to store numerical and alphanumeric information. The data field is presentation- specific and can be used only across that presentation.




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