PPT2000: Scaling a Text Box or AutoShape Does Not Change Text Size

ID: Q238674

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, when you scale a text box or an AutoShape, the size of text within that object does not change. This behavior is different from that in earlier versions of PowerPoint, in which the text scaled proportionately with the object.


WORKAROUND

You can simulate the behavior of scaled text by converting the text box into a picture. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Select the text box that you want to scale.


  2. On the Edit menu, click Cut.


  3. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.


  4. In the Paste Special dialog box, click Picture, and then click OK.


  5. Select the text box, and then click Picture on the Format menu.


  6. In the Format Picture dialog box, click the Size tab.


  7. Adjust the scale percentage for the height and width, and click OK.


Note that the text box is now a picture. To edit the text, you must ungroup the picture. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Select the picture.


  2. On the Draw menu, click Ungroup.


  3. When you receive a message similar to the following 
    
   This is an imported picture, not a group. Convert it to a Microsoft
   Office drawing object?
    click Yes to convert the picture to an AutoShape.


You can now edit the text.

NOTE: A good rule of thumb is to have the exact text you want before you convert the text box to a picture.

Additional query words: ppt ppt2k 2k ppt2000 2000 9.0 powerpnt ppt9 powerpt 9.00 scaling resize resizing

Keywords : kbdta kbdraw
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: September 9, 1999
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