I am a teacher and want my young students to be able to type into a triangle
shape and have the words format to fit the triangle shape. Does anyone know
how to do that? (word 2003)
Thanks

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:02:01 -0700, JT2
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>I am a teacher and want my young students to be able to type into a triangle
>shape and have the words format to fit the triangle shape. Does anyone know
>how to do that? (word 2003)
>Thanks

There's no simple way. If you insert a triangle AutoShape from the
drawing toolbar and insert text into it, the text will occupy a
rectangle rather than following the outlines of the shape.

It is possible to use borderless triangle shapes with tight wrapping
to push text into the space between them. For a sample of this,
download http://jay-freedman.info/triangle_text.doc. I'm not sure this
technique is suitable for young students, though.

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There's no simple way. If you insert a triangle AutoShape from the
drawing toolbar and insert text into it, the text will occupy a
rectangle rather than following the outlines of the shape.

It is possible to use borderless triangle shapes with tight wrapping
to push text into the space between them. For a sample of this,
download http://jay-freedman.info/triangle_text.doc. I'm not sure this
technique is suitable for young students, though.

--
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org


"JT2" wrote:

> I am a teacher and want my young students to be able to type into a triangle
> shape and have the words format to fit the triangle shape. Does anyone know
> how to do that? (word 2003)
> Thanks