Pyramids

[Guest]

I need to create something like a food pyramid with different colors on
different levels and with the words angled and give it a shadow effect. The
only diagram I can find is just a plain ordinary triangle that I cannot give
any effects to. Am I looking in the wrong place or doing the wrong thing? I
have PP2003 version.

 

[Guest]

Insert>Diagram. That'll give you a pyramid chart like what you're looking for.

 

[Guest]

That's exactly what I did. The only problem is once I picked the pyramid, or
"triangle", I could add text but only change it one direction (not good) and
I could not use any effects such as shadowing that I could see. Unless, of
course, I am not looking in the right place. I guess that is where I need
direction is how to edit the triangle once I have it. I may end up adding
text boxes to the pyramid to have the text the direction I want it.

 

[Raymond]

Cindi,

You may have to build it with the Basic shapes in the Auto-shapes section.
By using a triangle and some trapezoids, and moving them into place, you
could build a food pyramid and color the different sections to differentiate
them.

go to Autoshapes/Basic Shapes/triangle to place a triangle on the slide
then
go to Autoshapes/Basic Shapes/ trapezoid, then flip it vertically, then
place it under the traiangle
and so on, resizing the trapezoids to build the pyramid.

Does this make sense?

Raymond

 

[Guest]

Cindi

Try to draw the components using the freeform tool in draw > lines

To use click to start move to the next "corner" and click again - continue
to the end and double click to fininh (easier than it sounds)
If its not quite right, right click and >edit points
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