November 26, 2004
Turn AutoShapes into Pictures
Sometimes you want to edit a diagram or AutoShape in a way that PowerPoint doesn't allow.
For example, you may want to crop it, scale it along with the text, change the contrast, change the brightness, or create a watermark.
Or, you may have created a complex diagram, such as the flowchart you see here (or any combination of shapes and text). Now you need to make the entire diagram smaller or larger, including the text.
Perhaps you want to change the background to one that gives you more room so that you can enlarge the diagram to make the text more legible. However, if you select all the shapes with their text and use the corner handles, you'll find that the shapes change size, but the text doesn't.
Or you may want to crop an AutoShape to make an interesting background. If you select the AutoShape and open the Picture toolbar (View>Toolbars>Picture), you'll find that the Crop button isn't available.
The secret is to turn your AutoShapes into a picture.
Here's how.
posted by
Robin Good
on Friday, November 26 2004
Thursday, December 1 2005
URL of this article:
http://masterview.ikonosnewmedia.com/2004/11/26/turn_autoshapes_into_pictures.htm
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