Wrap text around picture

[Christopher Schrock]

I am running PowerPoint 2003 and am trying to wrap a text
box around a picture. Basically I have a slide with a
bunch of text and a small picture and would like the text
to appear above, beside and below the picture. I know
this is possible in Word and believe it was possible with
a previous version of PowerPoint, but I can't seem to
figure it out with PowerPoint 2003. Any ideas?

 

[Sonia]

It's never been available in PowerPoint. Either do it in Word and
copy/paste it into PowerPoint, or do it manually by breaking the text into
multiple text boxes and staggering them around the image.

 

[Guest]

I don't believe text wrapping has ever been a feature in PPT. AFAIK, you have to use individual textboxes sized to taste.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Also, in Word text wrapping works in the main document, but it does not
work within text boxes. Because all text in PowerPoint is within
textboxes, it makes sense that text wrapping would not work there.
--David

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

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have the specific capability that you are looking for,

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
either provide support for wrapping text (around, within), or objects
inline with text, don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS,
please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

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important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
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not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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