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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / January 2007text box help
I put a text box in a slide with a picture but now can't seem to be able to modify it. When I type new text in a new text box, both the original text and the old are displayed. Are you selecting the old text before you type the new text? If not, you are appending the text to the text box's current contents, not replacing it. Or are you actually adding a new text box? In that case, you should be able to delete the old one. If you can't select the old one to delete it, it might be on the master instead of on the slide. Or have I just totally missed what you are trying to say? If so, blame it on the hour and try again. :)  SignatureKathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived >I put a text box in a slide with a picture but now can't seem to be able to > modify it. When I type new text in a new text box, both the original text > and the old are displayed. Let me try again. I was trying to be brief. I have a slide with a picture on it. Within the picture is a sign. I'm trying to put new language on this sign to make it relevant to my presentation. When I insert a text box into this portion of the picture, the text I'm entering appears to replace the picture's text, but when I finish, both the original text and my text are superimposed. By the way, this I'm now working on the original picture. I've given up replacing the text box on the picture I once modified but can't seem to get this to happen again. Thank you. > Are you selecting the old text before you type the new text? If not, you are > appending the text to the text box's current contents, not replacing it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > modify it. When I type new text in a new text box, both the original text > > and the old are displayed. > Let me try again. I was trying to be brief. I have a slide with a picture > on it. Within the picture is a sign. I'm trying to put new language on this > sign to make it relevant to my presentation. When I insert a text box into > this portion of the picture, the text I'm entering appears to replace the > picture's text, but when I finish, both the original text and my text are > superimposed. The simplest way to deal with this would be to open the image in an image editing program, retouch out the existing text on the sign and save the image. Then you can use it in PPT and put any text you like over it. > By the way, this I'm now working on the original picture. I've given up > replacing the text box on the picture I once modified but can't seem to get [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > modify it. When I type new text in a new text box, both the original text > > > and the old are displayed. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Ok - I understand. You would probably be better off doing this in a picture editor, rather than PPT. If you want to stick with PPT, add an autoshape instead of the text box and give it a solid color fill. Then the new text will show, but the old text won't. If you are going this way, you might find it a good idea to group the two objects as well. If they are grouped, you won't find yourself accidentally moving the text and not the picture or vice versa. SignatureKathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived > Let me try again. I was trying to be brief. I have a slide with a > picture [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> > text >> > and the old are displayed. Jim, Is the picture in the textbox and you can't modify the picture? Or is the textbox on top of the picture and you are not able to get at it. Or is it you just can't edit the text, in that case Kathy has given you an answer. SignatureLuc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) >I put a text box in a slide with a picture but now can't seem to be able to > modify it. When I type new text in a new text box, both the original text > and the old are displayed. See my reply to Kathy. > Jim, > Is the picture in the textbox and you can't modify the picture? Or is the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > modify it. When I type new text in a new text box, both the original text > > and the old are displayed. |
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