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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / May 2008Enlarging/reducing object size
Greetings from Downunder In PPT versions up to 2003, in order to increase/decrease an object's size you could select the object, grab a corner handle, left-click and drag the mouse and the object would enlarge/decrease from the centre. How can this be achieved in PPT 2007? All help always appreciated /carl Hello from Adelaide Carl Hold your control key as you drag and it will enlarge/decrease from the centre. Lucy  SignatureLucy Thomson PowerPoint MVP MOS Master Instructor www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au > Greetings from Downunder > In PPT versions up to 2003, in order to increase/decrease an object's size [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > All help always appreciated > /carl I sould have been more specific ... I cannot get this to work on "WordArt" /carl > Greetings from Downunder > In PPT versions up to 2003, in order to increase/decrease an object's size [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > All help always appreciated > /carl Hi Lucy Yes, works for certain things -- but I can't get it to work on this new "thing" they call WordArt ... yuk! /carl >I sould have been more specific ... I cannot get this to work on "WordArt" > /carl [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> All help always appreciated >> /carl You have to "transform" the text so that PPT knows it's "wordart" (a graphical element) and not just text. Select the text, then Drawing Tools Format | Text Effects | Transform, choose Square. Now you can size using the sizing handles. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx > Hi Lucy > Yes, works for certain things -- but I can't get it to work on this new [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>> All help always appreciated >>> /carl Nice catch Echo - I'm always losing that transform option :-) Lucy SignatureLucy Thomson PowerPoint MVP MOS Master Instructor www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au > You have to "transform" the text so that PPT knows it's "wordart" (a > graphical element) and not just text. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>>> All help always appreciated >>>> /carl Thanks Lucy and Echo I went on the net, and quite by accident I came across a posting of Echo's that explained it all perfectly. I tested it all out and it seems to work fine. In conclusion, why the hell didn't MS make this (important) information easily available? /carl > Nice catch Echo - I'm always losing that transform option :-) > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>>>> All help always appreciated >>>>> /carl Well, if you were going to search in the Help file, what search terms would you use? Maybe we can get a Help file entry on it. I'm thinking "resize text," maybe. There are probably others. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx > Thanks Lucy and Echo > I went on the net, and quite by accident I came across a posting of Echo's [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >>>>>> All help always appreciated >>>>>> /carl |
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