I need to have a circle with 4 different colours (each quarter of the circle
needs to be a merger of two colours) but I can't work out how to do this in
powerpoint. Does anyone have any idea?
--
Regards,
Helen

I wonder if inserting a pie chart would work for you.
--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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

=?Utf-8?B?SGVsZW5o?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I need to have a circle with 4 different colours (each quarter of the
> circle needs to be a merger of two colours) but I can't work out how
> to do this in powerpoint. Does anyone have any idea?

Thanks, that helps in part, but unfortunately the lines (even though I've
selected none) show up between the quarter circles (because I've used
different colours they don't blend from one segment to the next). But it's a
good start. Thanks for replying.
--
Regards,
Helen


"David M. Marcovitz" wrote:

> I wonder if inserting a pie chart would work for you.
> --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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
>
> =?Utf-8?B?SGVsZW5o?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:46FCB068-7951-49C2-AC76-(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > I need to have a circle with 4 different colours (each quarter of the
> > circle needs to be a merger of two colours) but I can't work out how
> > to do this in powerpoint. Does anyone have any idea?
>
>

When you say the lines still show up - is that when you are printing in B&W
or when you are viewing the presentation on the the screen?
--
Sandy


"Helenh" wrote:

> Thanks, that helps in part, but unfortunately the lines (even though I've
> selected none) show up between the quarter circles (because I've used
> different colours they don't blend from one segment to the next). But it's a
> good start. Thanks for replying.
> --
> Regards,
> Helen
>
>
> "David M. Marcovitz" wrote:
>
> > I wonder if inserting a pie chart would work for you.
> > --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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
> >
> > =?Utf-8?B?SGVsZW5o?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > news:46FCB068-7951-49C2-AC76-(E-Mail Removed):
> >
> > > I need to have a circle with 4 different colours (each quarter of the
> > > circle needs to be a merger of two colours) but I can't work out how
> > > to do this in powerpoint. Does anyone have any idea?
> >
> >

Hi Helen

In auto shapes > more autoshapes there's one called pie slice (looks like a
3/4 circle)

Insert 4 of these and then by juggling with the yellow diamonds get the 4
shapes you need. Colour to taste and choose no line then nudge together (the
shadow will disappear). Group if you want.

What John Wilson said.

There's also a "chord" in Autoshapes|More Autoshapes that's a true
half-circle. You can remover the shadows from these autoshapes by clicking
on the shadow tool on the drawing toolbar and choosing "no shadow."

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

"Helenh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:154C0163-EB76-48A7-8F88-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks, that helps in part, but unfortunately the lines (even though I've
> selected none) show up between the quarter circles (because I've used
> different colours they don't blend from one segment to the next). But
> it's a
> good start. Thanks for replying.
> --
> Regards,
> Helen
>
>
> "David M. Marcovitz" wrote:
>
>> I wonder if inserting a pie chart would work for you.
>> --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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
>>
>> =?Utf-8?B?SGVsZW5o?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> news:46FCB068-7951-49C2-AC76-(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>> > I need to have a circle with 4 different colours (each quarter of the
>> > circle needs to be a merger of two colours) but I can't work out how
>> > to do this in powerpoint. Does anyone have any idea?
>>
>>

Echo

Can you drag the handles to make the chord into a quarter - I couldn't!!

Thanks for the shadow tip surprizingly that had never occured to me.

John

"john wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Echo
>
> Can you drag the handles to make the chord into a quarter - I couldn't!!
>
> Thanks for the shadow tip surprizingly that had never occured to me.


Oh, you're absolutely correct! Dragging the yellow handle on the chord
autoshape acts differently than it does on the pie slice. I should have
double-checked before I posted -- so thank you for the correction!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
How to Prevent PowerPoint Overload (March 23 webcast)
http://tinyurl.com/bp2h8

Sorry Echo
It wasnt meant as a "correction" I just thought I was getting it wrong!

John

Awww, this is just too weird.

Two copies of PPT 2003

SP1 gives me no yellow draggable thingies at all on either the Chord or Pie
Slice. SP2's Chord works but the pie slice doesn't. Gives me just a bit of
clip art, no handles to finagle.



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