Rotation of text and line together

[Guest]

Hello, all.

Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts about how to create a line with
text that can be rotated together in PP 2003 besides grouping a text box with
a line? Visio has a nice "Text Line" feature that is exactly what I am
looking for in PP. Does PP have this same "Text Line" that I could download
from somewhere or is it already a feature in PP2003 that I just can't seem to
locate??

Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated!
Cheers,
Elf

 

[Michael Koerner]

This may help http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00300.htm

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


| Hello, all.
|
| Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts about how to create a line with
| text that can be rotated together in PP 2003 besides grouping a text box
with
| a line? Visio has a nice "Text Line" feature that is exactly what I am
| looking for in PP. Does PP have this same "Text Line" that I could
download
| from somewhere or is it already a feature in PP2003 that I just can't seem
to
| locate??
|
| Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated!
| Cheers,
| Elf

 

[Guest]

I think I understand your question:

Have you tried Format > Font > Underline? Did that work?

Sandy

 

[Guest]

Sandy - thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, that won't work because I need
the line to be longer than the text and set at an angle. Picture a line
chart with writing along the lines to show which is which. Does that make
sense?

Like I said, I was able to create what I needed in Visio quite easily and
simply saved it as a .jpg to be brought into PP. However, what this person
wants is for it to be in PP as indiviudal "objects" that can be animated.
Grouping a text box with a line works okay, but just doesn't look nearly as
nice (when you start angling the group, the font of the text doesn't conform
nicely).

 

[Guest]

I think grouping the line and the textbox will be your best bet, but you're
right -- when it's rotated, the text won't look as good as an image of the
text.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to you all for the suggestions. For this purpose, I am going to use
the line/text box grouped together. However, if anyone happens to stumble
across a "Text Line" for PowerPoint that is like the one in Visio, drop me a
line! : )
Cheers,
Elf