Moving an arrow within Powerpoint 2000

[david.fox]

I am trying to create a dashboard for a series of project's that we
are completing currently, that monitors overall "happiness" with a
project.

The dashboard consists of a half circle, with basic Red/Amber/Green
(RAG) colours for bad/fair/good "happiness", and we are manually
adjusting an arrow currently to show this - obivously by manually
doing this, the arrow doesnt stay at a constant size, and it isnt a
proper reflection of the status of the project in question.

THe question is: how can we adjust the co-ordinates of the arrow so
when changing its position, the arrow stays the same length, and
basically all we would be doing is altering the arc of the arrow, from
a fixed-end point.

Any ideas? If confused, please contact me direct on
(e-mail address removed).

Many thanks!

David Fox.

 

[Echo S]

Basically, you should be able to right-click the arrow and choose Format
Shape, then change the rotation on the Size tab. It's not the same as
changing the arc, but it should get you close. You can type in negative
rotations as well as positive (e.g., -15, 25, -90, etc.)

I'd add a small horizontal and vertical (perpendicular) line at the base of
the arrow to signify the starting point and then use the alignment tools on
the Drawing toolbar (click the Draw button) to align the side of the arrows
to the vertical line and the bottom to the horizontal line.

You can also use the Flip Horizontal options on the Drawing toolbar -- click
Draw, then Rotate or Flip -- if you happen to need them to be exactly the
same rotation, but facing the other direction.