When I add an autoshape I get bullets - why?

[Guest]

I had a student today who was adding a Cloud callout autoshape. Everytime he
added one, when we went to enter the text, he got a bullet. The only way to
stop this was to click the Bullets button on the toolbar.

Haven't a clue why it happened - it doesn't happen when I open a new file
but I just wondered whether anyone has seen this before.

Many thanks
Joy

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

After removing the bullets, right-click on the shape and choose "Set
AutoShape Defaults." This will make the default no bullets for future auto-
shapes. If you like the bullets as the default, add bullets to a shape,
right-click on it, and "Set AutoShape Defaults" again.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Echo S]

I had a student today who was adding a Cloud callout autoshape.
Everytime he added one, when we went to enter the text, he got a
bullet. The only way to stop this was to click the Bullets button on
the toolbar.

Haven't a clue why it happened - it doesn't happen when I open a new
file but I just wondered whether anyone has seen this before.

You've got a bullet set in your textbox/autoshapes default in this
presentation.

Format the cloud the way you want it. Then right-click and select "set
autoshapes default." That should take care of it.

 

[mellowyellow]

I tried that, but I keep getting a hanging indent in the text box. So, I
removed the bullets by pushing the "bullet" icon, and then did the "set
autoshape defaults", but when I start typing text, I get that hanging indent
where first line is flush left, but rest of lines have an indent.

Plz help

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi

Turn on the ruler and you will see the little marker denoting the indent on
the second line - move this marker to the left hand side until you have no
indent.

Lucy

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