Shadows can add a professional look to text. There are two quick and easy ways to add shadow to texts in PowerPoint.

To add default shadow to text

1. Open a PowerPoint presentation.



2. Add text as desired.



3. Highlight the text.



4. Select Format > Font.



5. Select Shadow and click OK

To customize shadow on text

1. Open a PowerPoint presentation.



2. Add text as desired.



3. Highlight text and click the Shadow (insert button image) button from the PowerPoint Drawing toolbar.



4. Do one of the following:



• Choose a shadow angle. PowerPoint automatically shadows text, or



• Click Shadow Settings. The following dialog appears.






• You can make adjustments to the shadow in this dialog. If you want to make further adjustments, such as choosing the shadow color, click the down arrow.






• Choose settings as desired.

Bonus Tip! Keep in mind that shadows usually work best with simple, sans serif fonts. If you want to heavily shadow a font, clean font is mandatory. If you want to shadow a more detailed font, choose a light shadowing effect.