LibreOffice presentation: wider text background, like html padding?

Question

When setting a text's background in a LibreOffice presentation, it may look like this:

Is there a way to increase the background size, as in making it wider? I'm trying to get an effect similar to padding in HTML. A larger colored background area surrounding the text. I mean like this:

^{(this is photoshopped, not actual LibreOffice footage)}

I tried changing the text's indentation, or its entire surrounding object rectangle, but that doesn't do it. The text background always seems to be restricted to the actual characters only.

Is there a way to pull this off in LibreOffice?

Answer 1

Is there a way to increase the background size, as in making it wider?

Place the text in a text box:

1. "Insert" > "Text Box"

2. Add text

3. "Format" > "Alignment" > "Centered" and "Center"

   

4. Right click "Area...", select "Area" tab, select "Fill" colour

   

Result:

Answer 2

In LibreOffice Impress, right-click on the text frame and go to Text.... Under Spacing to Borders, increase Left, Top, Right and Bottom. Then press OK.