Text Box

Add text while you present

Annotate on your slides with text boxes

Don’t feel like writing to add notes? Use text! During PowerPoint presentations, add text boxes to add anything missing, include extra information, or record audience thoughts or comments. Ready anytime from the toolbar, this dynamic tool is great for clean presentation explanations or discussions.

A dynamic text box for your dynamic presentations

This user-friendly & convenient tool has additional custom features without overloading the toolbar.

Font color & Background color

Click on textbox then select your font color or select a background color like a sticky note to match, compliment, or stick out on your slide.

Drag, drop, & resize text

Once you add your text, freely move it on your slide, and resize it with navigable transform controls found on the corners of the text box.

Save it to your presentation

When you exit slideshow mode, your added text will save as a text box on your slide! You can edit it later or delete it anytime.

Provide visual explanation

Easily explain ideas or concepts in writing during a presentation. Make it easy for your students to follow along and understand the information you are presenting by adding text to reinforce discussion points, support a context, or just to include explanation visually. Do this to trigger attention as your students see what is being added onto your presentation live.

Write minus the scribbling

No room for messy scribbles here! Save time and effort in having to manually write words or phrases through an inking tool. With ClassPoint’s Text Box, focus on delivering and writing your message effectively, rather than going the extra mile to make the perfect scribbled handwriting. Do this without having to switch back to Edit Mode!

Provide written feedback live

Need to wrap up a group activity work, a brainstorming session or rounds of quizzes? Give instant feedback to your students by listing down key points on what you have to say using text boxes. This is a great way to build rapport and stay connected to everyone in the class as they see you review their work live and read back to what you’re writing.

FAQ

Within ClassPoint’s toolbar, you can add annotations including text and shapes to your slides during live presentations.

Click on the eraser from the toolbar and remove the entire text box in one stroke. You may also click back on the text box tool, then click on the text you want to delete, and select the (x) in the corner.

Yes, you can edit the text added to your slide in both slideshow and edit mode.

You can adjust the size by dragging the corner of the text box.