One of the PowerPoint annoyances is that bullet point paragraphs are not aligned properly when overflowing to the next line. It’s easy to fix.
Display the ruler (view menu), select the text, and move the little markers, leaving the top one to the left, and the bottom one at the desired indent. (See the image to the right).
That bullet points are NOT the main design concept to make PowerPoint presentations is clear, but a completely separate subject.
UPDATE February 2018. Another way to align bullet points in PowerPoint, is to use boxes with a very light background. This background shape gives the page a grid-like structure, compensating for differences in the length of text in a bullet point. Even if some bullet points stretch over 2 lines, and others consist of a few words, the page still looks evenly distributed.
I have added some examples of this layout style to the SlideMagic template store.
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OMG!!! Thank you so much! I've been a graphic artist for the last 10 years and managed to never touch a Microsoft anything. Recently signed a contract with the Navy that includes PPT's and have been close to ripping my hair out a few times trying to make it behave like InDesign. Bless you!
Lori
Thanks so much!! Yours was the first result in the search list. I was stumped - and the solution is so easy. You have no idea how much you've helped.
Great work sweet cheeks!