One text box autosizes, another does not. HELP!!!

[mr.sandog]

This is driving me kind of crazy (grrrr).

Both text boxes are on one slide. When I resize one of the text
boxes, the line spacing increases and decreases, and eventually, the
font increases/decreases in size. Fine by me. I like it. The other
text box - on the same slide, mind you - does not do this. Why not?

"AutoFit title text to placeholder" and "AutoFit body text to
placeholder" are both checked (obviously, since these options apply to
the entire document, not each individual text box, right?)

What is going on?

 

[Luc]

mrsandog,
Maybe the one box is a genuine placeholder, and the other an ordinary
textbox you have drawn yourself. The Autofit thing only applies to
placeholders.

 

[mr.sandog]

How can I find out it a box is a placeholder or just a text box?

How do I generate a placeholder instead of a text box?

I've tried copying and pasting the first box (that works properly) and
populating it with text from the second box, to no avail.

 

[Luc]

mrsandog,
Select the box, go to Format menu, scroll to the very bottom, you will see
placeholder or textbox depending on what you have used. Placeholders come
with the slide layout you apply.
If you try to copy a placeholder, all will seem to be right but PPT will
paste it as an AutoShape. Which will act like a textbox and will
consequently not autofit.
The bottom line is, you cannot copy a placeholder.

 

[John Wilson]

As Luc says before v 2007 you cannot add further placeholders. If you need
two though you can choose a layout that has two ('Title & two column text' )
and resize them to suit
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[mr.sandog]

So if my layout does not come with two placeholders on one slide, and
I want to have two text boxes on one slide that are able to "auto-fit
text to placeholder", I cannot accomplish this?

 

[mr.sandog]

So if my layout does not come with two placeholders on one slide, and
I want to have two text boxes on one slide that are able to "auto-fit
text to placeholder", I cannot accomplish this?

 

[mr.sandog]

So if my layout does not come with two placeholders on one slide, and
I want to have two text boxes on one slide that are able to "auto-fit
text to placeholder", I cannot accomplish this?

 

[mr.sandog]

So if my layout does not come with two placeholders on one slide, and
I want to have two text boxes on one slide that are able to "auto-fit
text to placeholder", I cannot accomplish this?

 

[mr.sandog]

So if my layout does not come with two placeholders on one slide, and
I want to have two text boxes on one slide that are able to "auto-fit
text to placeholder", I cannot accomplish this?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

So if my layout does not come with two placeholders on one slide, and
I want to have two text boxes on one slide that are able to "auto-fit
text to placeholder", I cannot accomplish this?

That's correct; but you might try applying the supplied layout that already has two text
placeholders, or adding a new slide with this layout then copying your existing text into it.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

So if my layout does not come with two placeholders on one slide, and
I want to have two text boxes on one slide that are able to "auto-fit
text to placeholder", I cannot accomplish this?

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