How to access "AutoFit Options" when creating ppt text (PowerPoint for Mac)

The AutoFit Options control appears only when all of these are true:

1. The text is in a placeholder, not a manually drawn text box.
2. The placeholder is being overfilled with text.
3. The control appears at the lower-left corner of the placeholder box.

To access it:

1. Click inside the slide’s body text placeholder.
2. Type or paste enough text so the placeholder starts to overflow.
3. Look at the lower-left corner of that placeholder for AutoFit Options.
4. Select one of these options:
   • Split Text Between Two Slides
   • Continue on a New Slide
   • AutoFit Text
   • Stop Fitting Text
   • Change to two columns

If the control is not visible, the most likely cause is that the text is in a text box. PowerPoint shows AutoFit Options only for body text in a placeholder.

If the goal is to make text fit in a text box or shape instead, use:

1. Right-click the border of the shape or text box.
2. Select Format Shape.
3. In Format Shape → Size & Properties → Text Box, choose:
   • Resize shape to fit text, or
   • Shrink text on overflow

If the goal is specifically to split overflowing text across slides and the text is not in a placeholder, cut and paste the overflow text onto another slide manually. In PowerPoint for the web, automated splitting between slides is not supported.

• Split body text between two slides
• Set text direction and position in a shape or text box in PowerPoint