Follow the steps below to create a horizontal scrolling text effect in PowerPoint: Launch PowerPoint. On the Home tab in the Shapes Galley, select the text box, then draw it onto the slide.

How to Make Text Fly in When Doing a PowerPoint 2007 Presentation. In PowerPoint 2007 -- and PowerPoint 2010 -- the animation effects are all located on the Animation tab in the Office ribbon.

PowerPoint 2007 has WordArt tools that let you generate text not only in a half-circle, but in all sorts of rings, waves, slants and fades so you can morph your words into whatever shape you envision.