PPT Tools

[Guest]

How do I draw a 1/2 circle in PPT (WinXP)?

 

[Luc]

Russ,
Use the AutoShape Arc, it's in the basic shapes category.
Press Shift and hold, click and drag with the mouse to create a quarter
circle. Adjust the size at will. Let go of the mouse and then the shift key.
Now there are two diamond shaped adjustment shapes, drag them to get a
perfect demi-circle. To get it completely right you can draw a line next to
the circle or use the guide lines.
Luc

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

How do I draw a 1/2 circle in PPT (WinXP)?

What Luc said.

Or use the Oval tool on the drawing toolbar.
Hold SHIFT while you click and drag to add an oval to your slide. Holding
SHIFT constrains it to a perfect circle. Don't worry about the exact size yet.

Once you have a circle, doubleclick it to get the formatting dialog, click the
SIZE tab and manually enter .5" for width and height.

 

[Echo S]

wrote:

What Luc said.

Or use the Oval tool on the drawing toolbar.
Hold SHIFT while you click and drag to add an oval to your slide. Holding
SHIFT constrains it to a perfect circle. Don't worry about the exact size yet.

Once you have a circle, doubleclick it to get the formatting dialog, click the
SIZE tab and manually enter .5" for width and height.

Eh? That just makes a really small (1/2-inch) circle.

Oh, wait. You were being funny, right? <g>

I thought you were going to say to cover half with a background-filled
autoshape.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Eh? That just makes a really small (1/2-inch) circle.

Oh, wait. You were being funny, right? <g>

DUHceptive, eh?

No, just stupid. How was I supposed to know that the " my brain filled in
after the 1/2 wasn't really there? Must be the astigmatism. Yeah. Or the
weather. Lightning and stuff. Very distracting. That's the ticket.

Oh, and Russ? Pay no attention to the middle aged man shamefacedly shuffling
off to stand in the corner.