When using "SmartArt," in Powerpoint 2007, right click in the the text area,
and you'll see a blue tilted letter "A" that's labelled "format text effects"
or alternatively you can right click anywhere on the SmartArt and then select
"Format Shape" then click on the bottom section that reads "Text Box" and
right next to that you'll see 3 options for Autofit which are all "greyed
out" - so my workaround was to create a separate text box and cut the text
from the "smartart imbedded text box" and paste it onto the newly created
text box - it solves the problem, but it's very time consuming and it's
dissapointing after having paid a very high price for this "latest" office
2007 software.  And, "yes" I was able to turn it off in ppt options - it just
made absolutely no difference.  Thks for your reply.