Text boxes - rounded corners

[Aidan]

Hi
Does anyone know if Publsiher 2007 can do rounded corners on text boxes
please? Serif Page Plus 11 can but........

Thanks
AVB

 

[Mary Sauer]

Or simply put a rounded rectangle around the text box.
--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

You can't change the shape of an existing text box, but you can right-click
[just about] any AutoShape & choose Add Text from the contextual menu. IOW,
you *can* "convert" an AutoShape to a text box. Additionally, if the text
overflows you can link it to another AutoShape just like linking regular text
boxes - just convert the destination shape before you attempt to link in the
overflow.

However, this isn't new in 2007. You could do it all in 2003 - perhaps even
prior versions.

--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Hi
Does anyone know if Publsiher 2007 can do rounded corners on text boxes
please? Serif Page Plus 11 can but........

Thanks
AVB

 

[Aidan]

Thanks for that! Isn't it amazing that we STILL cannot produce rounded
corners! Such a simple concept! Too hard or too obvious for Microsoft!
Thanks for the tip.
Audan

You can't change the shape of an existing text box, but you can right-click
[just about] any AutoShape & choose Add Text from the contextual menu. IOW,
you *can* "convert" an AutoShape to a text box. Additionally, if the text
overflows you can link it to another AutoShape just like linking regular
text boxes - just convert the destination shape before you attempt to link
in the overflow.

However, this isn't new in 2007. You could do it all in 2003 - perhaps even
prior versions.

--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Hi
Does anyone know if Publsiher 2007 can do rounded corners on text boxes
please? Serif Page Plus 11 can but........

Thanks
AVB

 

[Aidan]

Thanks for that. I wanted to avoid getting a rounded rectangle - that means
inserting a text box into that and it gets messy. Perhaps 2009?
regards
Aidan

Or simply put a rounded rectangle around the text box.
--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

You can't change the shape of an existing text box, but you can right-click
[just about] any AutoShape & choose Add Text from the contextual menu. IOW,
you *can* "convert" an AutoShape to a text box. Additionally, if the text
overflows you can link it to another AutoShape just like linking regular text
boxes - just convert the destination shape before you attempt to link in the
overflow.

However, this isn't new in 2007. You could do it all in 2003 - perhaps even
prior versions.

--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Hi
Does anyone know if Publsiher 2007 can do rounded corners on text boxes
please? Serif Page Plus 11 can but........

Thanks
AVB

 

[CyberTaz]

You can't change the shape of an existing text box, but you can right-click
[just about] any AutoShape & choose Add Text from the contextual menu. IOW,
you *can* "convert" an AutoShape to a text box. Additionally, if the text
overflows you can link it to another AutoShape just like linking regular
text boxes - just convert the destination shape before you attempt to link
in the overflow.

However, this isn't new in 2007. You could do it all in 2003 - perhaps even
prior versions.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Thanks for that. I wanted to avoid getting a rounded rectangle - that means
inserting a text box into that and it gets messy. Perhaps 2009?
regards

You can right-click, Add Text - that doesn't require adding an extra
text box. The text won't wrap to the rounded shape, though - it will
wrap to an inset rectangle.

 

[Mary Sauer]

If you use a rounded rectangle without adding text, convert to a .wmf, delete
the background, text will wrap.

 

[Morisot]

Many years ago (almost 20?!) you could get a rounded corner on your text box
in Pagemaker. You could SPECIFY the RADIUS of the corner you wanted and apply
it to a variety of border designs (just by "pulling" one text box.) If I
recall, you could get angled corners on the border in a similar manner.

M.

Thanks for that! Isn't it amazing that we STILL cannot produce rounded
corners! Such a simple concept! Too hard or too obvious for Microsoft!
Thanks for the tip.
Audan

You can't change the shape of an existing text box, but you can right-click
[just about] any AutoShape & choose Add Text from the contextual menu. IOW,
you *can* "convert" an AutoShape to a text box. Additionally, if the text
overflows you can link it to another AutoShape just like linking regular
text boxes - just convert the destination shape before you attempt to link
in the overflow.

However, this isn't new in 2007. You could do it all in 2003 - perhaps even
prior versions.

--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Hi
Does anyone know if Publsiher 2007 can do rounded corners on text boxes
please? Serif Page Plus 11 can but........

Thanks
AVB