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How do I autosize text boxes to their contents in a Slides presentation?

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Autosize text boxes in Google Slides

I want to be able to autosize text boxes to their contents in my Slides presentations.

When there are a lot of text boxes in a presentation, manually adjusting their width using the handles when created and also each time their text changes is a lot of work.

Slides does have a setting 'Resize shape to fit text' in the Autofit menu, but it only resizes the shape's height, not its width. * see first image

Is there any setting in Google Slides that configures a text box to autosize both its height and width whenever its text changes, or even a way to do it on a one-off/as-needed basis using a keyboard shortcut or a menu option?

Slides 'Resize shape to fit text' option doesn't adjust the width
Example in Slides showing the 'Resize shape to fit text' option only affecting the shape's height and not its width

Examples in other applications

  1. In Adobe Illustrator you can double-click on a handle to resize a text box:
    Example in Illustrator of resizing text box to text dimensions using double-click on handle
    Adtl. resource:"I overlooked this Illustrator feature at first – now it saves me time & headaches"
     
  2. In Draw.io (app.diagrams.net) the Arrange menuhas a one-time/as-needed Autosize option
    KB Shortcut:Ctrl+Shift+Y
    Example in Draw.io using the 'Autosize' option in the 'Arrange' menu
    Adtl. resource:@thomas-the-tank-engine's answer "How to resize a draw.io text box automatically..."
     

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