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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / October 2007Using Edit Points quickly
I have a very large AutoShape (outline of the state of Washington - lots of bays, inlets and so on) that consists of hundreds of points and connecting lines. We wanted to divide it into four quadrants to color each differently. Since we apparently can't even cut a simple shape in half, we reduced the graphic to four separate quarters, then combined the four shapes into a whole. It worked, but it was very laborious deleting 3/4 of the points one at a time to get one of the 1/4 images. When I experimented with drawing a box around a bunch of points to delete them all, I got tossed out of the Edit Points mode. Is there a way to make large changes to a piece of the border of a complex AutoShape? I'm working in PPT 2003.  SignatureRandy Person > I have a very large AutoShape (outline of the state of Washington - lots of > bays, inlets and so on) that consists of hundreds of points and connecting [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Points mode. Is there a way to make large changes to a piece of the border > of a complex AutoShape? I'm working in PPT 2003. If you have Illustrator or CorelDraw, it'd be much simpler to copy/paste the graphic and do the editing there. Or depending on what you're after, you might try adding a shape that covers all but the part of the state you want to reveal; then rightclick the shape, choose Format and set its fill to Background. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Thanks, Steve. Both good ideas, if I had access to either of those graphic programs (I don't) or if I wanted to only show part of the state. But I needed the whole thing reassembled in four colors, so need four adjoining shapes that fit perfectly. PPT was labor intensive, but I really like the economy of having such a detailed shape take only 25K. It really helps keep files reasonable. SignatureRandy Person > > I have a very large AutoShape (outline of the state of Washington - lots of > > bays, inlets and so on) that consists of hundreds of points and connecting [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ Randy, You cannot draw an 'elastic selection box' while in 'edit points' mode in powerpoint. You can however, hold down the CTRL key to delete (zap) a point at a time. which is a little bit quicker cheers TAJ Simmons awesome - powerpoint backgrounds, http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more... > Thanks, Steve. Both good ideas, if I had access to either of those > graphic [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >> PPTools: www.pptools.com >> ================================================ Thanks, Taj. I had already discovered that, but I'm sure it will help others. I also discovered that you want to be sure the "x" symbol appears before you click to delete a point. If you go too fast, you either add a point (which you can immediately delete with another click), or the program thinks you've double clicked and ejects you from Edit Points. My formula for mass deletions: blow up the work area to 200% so you can see what you're doing, hold the control key, watch for the "x", and click like mad. Almost reminds one of early target-shooting video games! SignatureRandy Person > Randy, > [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > >> PPTools: www.pptools.com > >> ================================================ > blow up the work area to 200% so you can see what you're > doing, hold the control key, watch for the "x", and click like mad. Almost > reminds one of early target-shooting video games! Problem solved. Fill a couple friends up with beer and they'll PAY you to let them shoot down the deadly X's. ;-) ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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