how do I change spacing of a single text line?

[Guest]

Was able to do this in 2003, but can't find the icon or command in 2007.

 

[Guest]

Select the textbox, click on Home tab.
Under Font, in the second row, 6th icon, which is the character spacing. Is
that what you are looking for?
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[Guest]

Thank you, Shawn, but I am trying to respace the text line relative to other
text lines (above or below it), not the characters in the line itself. ANy
thoughts?

Thanks,
LJC

 

[Guest]

Apology, misinteprete it when you say single text line.
In this case, go to the Home tab, under Paragraph, in the 1st row, 5th icon,
which is the line spacing.
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Shawn Toh (tohlz)
Microsoft MVP PowerPoint

Site Updated: April 30, 2007
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http://pptheaven.mvps.org
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[Guest]

Thanks again, Shawn. That did it! My only disappointment is that PPT 2003
had icons that you could use to do the function much faster. They don't seem
to be available in 2007 (or am I missing those too?).

Thanks,
LJC

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks again, Shawn. That did it! My only disappointment is that PPT 2003
had icons that you could use to do the function much faster. They don't seem
to be available in 2007 (or am I missing those too?).

You can add the line-spacing button to the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) if you like.

If you need help doing that, give us a shout

 

[Guest]

You can add it to the Quick Access Toolbar though > Home > powerpoint options

customise

Choose all commands

There's also a very nice "I did it this way in 2003, how do i do it in 2007
flash simulation here
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA101490761033.aspx?pid=CH100668131033

 

[Guest]

HI John,

Thank you for your response, but I can't seem to find the icon from 2003
that allowed one to just highlight or even just position the cursor and then
change the line's vertical positioning relative to the other lines (without
changing any of the other lines' positions).

Thanks,
LJC

 

[Guest]

Response to John Wilson (above in this thread) descibes my question further.

Thanks,
LJC

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

HI John,

Thank you for your response, but I can't seem to find the icon from 2003
that allowed one to just highlight or even just position the cursor and then
change the line's vertical positioning relative to the other lines (without
changing any of the other lines' positions).

All of the icons are different, so if you're trying to spot it visually, it won't work.

Click the Office button (that big shiny round thing)
Click PowerPoint Options
Click Customize
In the Customize pane on the right, choose commands from: ALL COMMANDS
Scroll down to "Line Spacing"
Click to select it, click Add to put it on the QAT.
Click OK.

The line spacing button appears on the QAT.
To use it, select the text you want to fiddle, then click the line spacing button and
choose Line Spacing Options, set the options you want and click OK.

Nope. There's no preview any more.
Yep. It's a horrible omission.

 

[Guest]

Hi there

If you have 'lost' commands you used to use there is a really handy excel
spreadsheet of where things are in 2007 compared to 2003 on this page:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA100666231033.aspx it's right
at the bottom and call ed the 'Ribbon mapping workbook'. I'm finding it quite
handy...

Lucy
--
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

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