fitting text to shapes

[John G]

Using Pub 2003 and Win XP
Some time ago the was a mention of text in Autoshapes.
I have inserted text in an autoshape but cannot get it to flow to the shape.
For example an oval block of text within an oval shape.
All I can get is a square block of text as wide as where ever I start.
Am I missing something?

 

[Bastet]

Using Pub 2003 and Win XP
Some time ago the was a mention of text in Autoshapes.
I have inserted text in an autoshape but cannot get it to flow to the
shape. For example an oval block of text within an oval shape.
All I can get is a square block of text as wide as where ever I start.
Am I missing something?

This is an interesting point, John. I've looked this topic up in Help and it
gives four steps - however, I hit a brick wall at step three because the
'text box' tab is unavailable. I'm also running 2003 under XP Pro. Looks
like we're both doing something wrong...

1.. Right-click the shape that contains the text that does not fit.
2.. On the shortcut menu, click Format AutoShape.
3.. In the Format AutoShape dialog, click the Text Box tab.
4.. Under Text autofitting, select the option you want.

5.. How does one enable the *Text Box* tab?

 

[Bastet]

Using Pub 2003 and Win XP
Some time ago the was a mention of text in Autoshapes.
I have inserted text in an autoshape but cannot get it to flow to the
shape. For example an oval block of text within an oval shape.
All I can get is a square block of text as wide as where ever I start.
Am I missing something?

John, ignore previous message - that was my bad - I'd accidentally selected
a text box, instead of the shape - D'OH!! Using ordinary text there's no way
to make it follow the outline of a shape - I've always used PhotoShop for
this and it works very well - even better in the new version as that
autofits the shape - I don't believe version 7 had this capability. What I
don't like, however, is the autohyphenation, and there doesn't appear to be
any means of turning it off.

BB,

Perdi