How to make a perfect curve

[Kathi30]

I'm a teacher and I am trying to create a publication that will show students
the steps to properly draw letters. I need to do this in several steps - for
example, for the letter B, the first step will be drawing a line straight
down, the second step will be drawing the top hump in the B, the third step
will be drawing the bottom hump in the B. Therefore, I have to break apart
each step. I have not found a way to insert a perfect curve (like is needed
in step 2 and 3 of my example). When I'm on step 1, I will show the line
straight down as a dotted blue line. On step 2, I want to show the top hump
of the B as a blue dotted line (and the straight line down will now be solid
black). So I need to be able to insert a curve at this point, and format it
like I want. I can't use the text box to insert the actual letter, because I
can't format it like I need to. Any suggestions? Please let me know if
further clarification is needed. Thanks, Kathi

 

[Mary Sauer]

The drawing tools has a curve line tool. If the "hump" is not perfect, right-click,
click edit points. You can give the lines any weight and select a "dashed" feature.
What version Publisher?
Let me know if above is not clear enough, if not, I will put a sample on a web page.

 

[Kathi30]

I have Publisher 2003. Is the curve line tool accessed by going to Auto
Shapes - Lines - Curve? I have worked with that a little, I'm just not very
good at getting my curve perfect! I'll keep practicing and working with
editing the points. Thanks so much for your help.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

It's not very easy to draw a decent line with the mouse either. Maybe you
need to use a different program to draw the letters?

 

[Budget Print Center]

A simple thought, but a thought just the same:

set your full letter in position at the size you need it to be... cover the
areas you do not wish to print with "white" colored boxes.


JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] wrote in message

It's not very easy to draw a decent line with the mouse either. Maybe you
need to use a different program to draw the letters?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have Publisher 2003. Is the curve line tool accessed by going to Auto
Shapes - Lines - Curve? I have worked with that a little, I'm just not
very
good at getting my curve perfect! I'll keep practicing and working with
editing the points. Thanks so much for your help.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

OOOOOH! Tricky - but definitely doable!

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

A simple thought, but a thought just the same:

set your full letter in position at the size you need it to be... cover
the
areas you do not wish to print with "white" colored boxes.


JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] wrote in message

It's not very easy to draw a decent line with the mouse either. Maybe you
need to use a different program to draw the letters?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have Publisher 2003. Is the curve line tool accessed by going to Auto
Shapes - Lines - Curve? I have worked with that a little, I'm just not
very
good at getting my curve perfect! I'll keep practicing and working with
editing the points. Thanks so much for your help.

:

The drawing tools has a curve line tool. If the "hump" is not perfect,
right-click,
click edit points. You can give the lines any weight and select a
"dashed" feature.
What version Publisher?
Let me know if above is not clear enough, if not, I will put a sample
on
a web page.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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I'm a teacher and I am trying to create a publication that will show
students
the steps to properly draw letters. I need to do this in several
steps - for
example, for the letter B, the first step will be drawing a line
straight
down, the second step will be drawing the top hump in the B, the
third
step
will be drawing the bottom hump in the B. Therefore, I have to break
apart
each step. I have not found a way to insert a perfect curve (like is
needed
in step 2 and 3 of my example). When I'm on step 1, I will show the
line
straight down as a dotted blue line. On step 2, I want to show the
top
hump
of the B as a blue dotted line (and the straight line down will now
be
solid
black). So I need to be able to insert a curve at this point, and
format it
like I want. I can't use the text box to insert the actual letter,
because I
can't format it like I need to. Any suggestions? Please let me know
if
further clarification is needed. Thanks, Kathi