solid line
A left-aligned paragraph places the first character of a text line near the left border of a placeholder.
Placeholder
When you type text in a placeholder in Microsoft PowerPoint, it becomes a text object
Alignment ist he horizontal placement of text in a placeholder in PowerPoint.
If you add more text to a placeholder, like a text box, than the placeholder can contain, text resizes to a smaller font to fit in the placeholder. That is Autofit.
placeholder text
When you click the dashed border of a placeholder it displays as a Solid line.
the Autofit Options button
the Autofit Options button
text control
Place the cursor in the paragraph. Apply the border to the relevant page element. Customize the border. Select the type of border you want to insert.
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