I don't have access to 97 but on 2002 the font size is changed on the Formatting tool bar for the text box. - Roy > Hi all: >=20 > I have PowerPoint 97 SR2 running on Windows NT 4 (yes, I know=20 > it's old, > but this is my work machine). >=20 > I know how to make changes to a master slide. But I can't=20 > figure out how > to change the default text size in a text box, as in on a blank slide > inserting a text box. The default is 24 for the text box, even though > the default for buletted lists, etc. has been changed (by me) to 12. >=20 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************