Help with Autoshapes changing size on me

[Marlena]

I have a persistent recurring problem in PPT: Sometimes I'll insert an autoshape into a ppt slide, like a block arrow. Then I decide to change the color by clicking a corner of the arrow and clicking the "paint bucket" and selecting a new color. All too often, once I click the new color the autoshape has resized itself on me (usually to a smaller/thinner shape).

Does anyone know if I can make this stop? It's driving me crazy. Thanks in advance!

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Microsoft has a helpful feature for novice users (who do not know how to
format a slide). It sounds like you are not in this category and the
feature is no longer helpful.

Perhaps it is the auto-format that is disrupting your layout. To turn off
this feature:
click on Tools | AutoCorrections Options... | AutoFormat as you type ...
(tab)
Uncheck Automatic Layout for inserted objects.


Bill Dilworth, Microsoft PPT MVP
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I have a persistent recurring problem in PPT: Sometimes I'll insert an

autoshape into a ppt slide, like a block arrow. Then I decide to change the
color by clicking a corner of the arrow and clicking the "paint bucket" and
selecting a new color. All too often, once I click the new color the
autoshape has resized itself on me (usually to a smaller/thinner shape).

Does anyone know if I can make this stop? It's driving me crazy. Thanks in

advance!