How do I get a quarter circle shape in powerpoint?

[Guest]

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?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I wonder if inserting a pie chart would work for you.
--David

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[Guest]

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.

 

[Guest]

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?

 

[john wilson]

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.

 

[Echo S]

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."

 

[john wilson]

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

 

[Echo S]

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!

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[john wilson]

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

John

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

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.

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

Create a chart in PowerPoint.
Get rid of the bottom tow rows of data.
Change it to a pie chart.
Type equal numbers in each cell, such as 25
That will give you a pie chart with four equal quarters. Get out of the
chart.
Back in sldie mode, select the chart and ungroup it (right click, ungroup).
You will get a warning message about ungrouping.
Accept the warning. Then ungroup again.
It will bust up into heaps of objects. Get rid of all of them except the 4
quarters you want. Format them to get rid of an outline.
You will then need to bump them slightly together to account for the line
that you took away. PowerPoint does draw objects in such a sway that it
accounts for the width of a line. When you get rid of the line you get a
gap.
Hope that helps.. Else, I can send a sample.

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[Guest]

Huge thanks for everyone for replying, your suggestions have been interesting
but exactly what I need... let me explain further...

I've tried a pie chart and also the pie line from autoshapes.

In both instances when I've tried to get each quarter circle to graduate
from one colour to the next (i.e green to blue using fill effects, 2 colour
gradient, diagonal up) and I tell it not to show lines, it still shows a
'line' between the quarters (i.e. it's not a smooth mix from one colour to
the next).

This is probably because of the gradient direction, but I can't find
anything that works.

I've also tried ungrouping the pie chart but it leaves me with rectangle
shapes of colour rather than the cirle.

I can e-mail this to someone if anyone thinks they might be able to help.

Many thanks
Helen

 

[Echo S]

Ah. To get a gradient fill to span across sections like that, I think you'll
need to use something other than PPT to create the quarter-circles.

Turning off "rotate fill effect with object" at the bottom of the fill
effects dialog might help, depending on the gradient you're working with.

I'm trying to remember -- some program has an option to select more than one
item and span the gradient across the selection as opposed to just filling
one item with the gradient. What *is* that?

At any rate, an image editor will probably be easier to work with than PPT
for gradient fills as you describe.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for responding, I tried the suggestion you gave but it didn't make
much difference.

I think you're right I need something that lets me draw a circle and put 4
colours in it which gradient to each other.

Regards,
Helen

Ah. To get a gradient fill to span across sections like that, I think you'll
need to use something other than PPT to create the quarter-circles.

Turning off "rotate fill effect with object" at the bottom of the fill
effects dialog might help, depending on the gradient you're working with.

I'm trying to remember -- some program has an option to select more than one
item and span the gradient across the selection as opposed to just filling
one item with the gradient. What *is* that?

At any rate, an image editor will probably be easier to work with than PPT
for gradient fills as you describe.

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Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
How to Prevent PowerPoint Overload (March 23 webcast)
http://tinyurl.com/bp2h8

Huge thanks for everyone for replying, your suggestions have been
interesting
but exactly what I need... let me explain further...

I've tried a pie chart and also the pie line from autoshapes.

In both instances when I've tried to get each quarter circle to graduate
from one colour to the next (i.e green to blue using fill effects, 2
colour
gradient, diagonal up) and I tell it not to show lines, it still shows a
'line' between the quarters (i.e. it's not a smooth mix from one colour to
the next).

This is probably because of the gradient direction, but I can't find
anything that works.

I've also tried ungrouping the pie chart but it leaves me with rectangle
shapes of colour rather than the cirle.

I can e-mail this to someone if anyone thinks they might be able to help.

Many thanks
Helen

 

[john wilson]

Helen.

Sorry I misunderstood your problem + I've been working in Provence with no
internet!

To do what you want will need photoshop or similar. If you cant do this I'll
happily do it for you let me know the 4 colours and an email address. I'm at
Codepeople AT aol.com

 

[jmag]

Hi, another good way to add a quarter circle in PowerPoint is using Harvey Balls.
Here you can find a good resource with harvey balls for PowerPoint or other free templates that may be suitable for this purpose.

http://www.free-power-point-templates.com/articles/harvey-balls-in-powerpoint/

And here is an image of the same.

I should have clarify that there is a free font face that you can install in Windows with these harvey balls.