Text boxes, Autoshapes and pictures, the main elements that are used to compose a slide, share similar properties and are arranged on a slide in a similar way. The following table summarizes the relationship:
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Text boxes |
Autoshapes |
Pictures |
Interior fill |
Pictures, gradients, textures, patterns |
Pictures, gradients, textures, patterns |
Pictures, gradients, textures, patterns |
Border |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Can add text |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Move and size |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Rotate |
No |
Yes (if no text is added) |
Yes (if no text is added) |
Group together |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Set order (to front or back) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
As you can see, an Autoshape and a picture are really the same thing as far as Presentation is concerned (an Autoshape drawn as a rectangle with an interior fill set as an image is the same as a picture). The differences between text boxes and an Autoshapes are:
A text box can only be rectangular in shape.
A text box cannot be rotated, an Autoshape can (if no text has been added).