How do you change the font of an equation in PowerPoint 2010?

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Asad Turan picture Asad Turan · Dec 9, 2012 · Viewed 17.7k times · Source

In PowerPoint 2010, how do you change the font of an equation from the default of Cambria Math to, for instance, Times or Arial?

Answer

Steve Rindsberg picture Steve Rindsberg · Dec 9, 2012

Select the equation, then on the Design tab, Tools group, choose Normal text.

Visualization of the guidance

You can then select the contents of the equation and choose another font. Not all of the text will change; some probably have to remain as-is because not all fonts contain all of the needed symbols.

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