I had a student today who was adding a Cloud callout autoshape. Everytime he
added one, when we went to enter the text, he got a bullet. The only way to
stop this was to click the Bullets button on the toolbar.

Haven't a clue why it happened - it doesn't happen when I open a new file
but I just wondered whether anyone has seen this before.

Many thanks
Joy

After removing the bullets, right-click on the shape and choose "Set
AutoShape Defaults." This will make the default no bullets for future auto-
shapes. If you like the bullets as the default, add bullets to a shape,
right-click on it, and "Set AutoShape Defaults" again.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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> I had a student today who was adding a Cloud callout autoshape.
> Everytime he added one, when we went to enter the text, he got a
> bullet. The only way to stop this was to click the Bullets button on
> the toolbar.
>
> Haven't a clue why it happened - it doesn't happen when I open a new
> file but I just wondered whether anyone has seen this before.
>
> Many thanks
> Joy
>

joytutor2004 wrote:
> I had a student today who was adding a Cloud callout autoshape.
> Everytime he added one, when we went to enter the text, he got a
> bullet. The only way to stop this was to click the Bullets button on
> the toolbar.
>
> Haven't a clue why it happened - it doesn't happen when I open a new
> file but I just wondered whether anyone has seen this before.

You've got a bullet set in your textbox/autoshapes default in this
presentation.

Format the cloud the way you want it. Then right-click and select "set
autoshapes default." That should take care of it.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I tried that, but I keep getting a hanging indent in the text box. So, I
removed the bullets by pushing the "bullet" icon, and then did the "set
autoshape defaults", but when I start typing text, I get that hanging indent
where first line is flush left, but rest of lines have an indent.

Plz help
--
mellowyellow


"David M. Marcovitz" wrote:

> After removing the bullets, right-click on the shape and choose "Set
> AutoShape Defaults." This will make the default no bullets for future auto-
> shapes. If you like the bullets as the default, add bullets to a shape,
> right-click on it, and "Set AutoShape Defaults" again.
> --David
>
> --
> David M. Marcovitz
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
> Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
> Loyola College in Maryland
> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
> http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
>
> =?Utf-8?B?am95dHV0b3IyMDA0?= <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in news:B3B875A6-CB71-42B8-8D02-(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > I had a student today who was adding a Cloud callout autoshape.
> > Everytime he added one, when we went to enter the text, he got a
> > bullet. The only way to stop this was to click the Bullets button on
> > the toolbar.
> >
> > Haven't a clue why it happened - it doesn't happen when I open a new
> > file but I just wondered whether anyone has seen this before.
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Joy
> >
>
>

Hi

Turn on the ruler and you will see the little marker denoting the indent on
the second line - move this marker to the left hand side until you have no
indent.

Lucy

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Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

Come say hello at Office DevCon in Sydney
www.officedevcon.com.au



"mellowyellow" <(E-Mail Removed).> wrote in message
news:600E26E4-FC72-4635-A76F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I tried that, but I keep getting a hanging indent in the text box. So, I
> removed the bullets by pushing the "bullet" icon, and then did the "set
> autoshape defaults", but when I start typing text, I get that hanging
> indent
> where first line is flush left, but rest of lines have an indent.
>
> Plz help
> --
> mellowyellow
>
>
> "David M. Marcovitz" wrote:
>
>> After removing the bullets, right-click on the shape and choose "Set
>> AutoShape Defaults." This will make the default no bullets for future
>> auto-
>> shapes. If you like the bullets as the default, add bullets to a shape,
>> right-click on it, and "Set AutoShape Defaults" again.
>> --David
>>
>> --
>> David M. Marcovitz
>> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
>> Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
>> Loyola College in Maryland
>> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
>> http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
>>
>> =?Utf-8?B?am95dHV0b3IyMDA0?= <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote in news:B3B875A6-CB71-42B8-8D02-(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>> > I had a student today who was adding a Cloud callout autoshape.
>> > Everytime he added one, when we went to enter the text, he got a
>> > bullet. The only way to stop this was to click the Bullets button on
>> > the toolbar.
>> >
>> > Haven't a clue why it happened - it doesn't happen when I open a new
>> > file but I just wondered whether anyone has seen this before.
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> > Joy
>> >
>>
>>