Flow charts & Text boxes

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Noobie - 04 Oct 2006 22:07 GMT

I am learning PowerPoint 2003 and just learned about creating flow charts.
In the book, it said that I need to place a text box inside of the shapes I
create, but I'm not quite sure why. I am able to type text in these shapes,
and when I move the shapes, the text moves with them. So, my question is, is
this a necessary step? Will typing the text directly in these boxes present
problems when using other features, or is it okay to skip this step?

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aneasiertomorrow - 04 Oct 2006 22:40 GMT

Hi Noobie

The text inside the shape is in a text box automatically (see the text box
tab in the format autoshape dialogue box) - maybe that's what the book meant?
You are right - no need to add one in manually.

There is an MS course on flowcharting in PPT 2003 here:
http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC010198841033 -
you will also find other handy courses & how to... guides

Lucy

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> I am learning PowerPoint 2003 and just learned about creating flow charts.
> In the book, it said that I need to place a text box inside of the shapes I
> create, but I'm not quite sure why. I am able to type text in these shapes,
> and when I move the shapes, the text moves with them. So, my question is, is
> this a necessary step? Will typing the text directly in these boxes present
> problems when using other features, or is it okay to skip this step?

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