Wellll, I'm not so sure of that, actually. Using the "shape"
makes for a lot neater, more consistant pattern of the letters if
you're going to do it for more than three or four lines. By hand
it's a little guess & by golly and if you goof up an earlier line
doing it manually, you have a lot of work to do getting the rest
of it back in "shape" because all the line breaks move to new and
unwanted positions when you make the correction.

Regards,

PopS


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: By far the easiest way to do this is manually, centering the
text (Ctrl+E)
: and inserting manual line breaks (Shift+Enter) as needed.
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: "HT" wrote in message
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: Pops..I couldn't figure how the use the center text. I
centered the
: paragraph(s) and used enter but it did not give me the
triangle effect.
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: "HT" wrote in message
: ...
: I do not have a "contour" button either. I appreciate the
: feedback..trying
: Pop's way now.
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: "Luc" wrote in message
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: PopS,
: Sorry for the wrong wording, I am translating best I can
since I use
: the
: Dutch version. The said "contour" icon is the third from
the left in
: the
: mentioned tab.
: I tested again here, using the method I described, and
nothing jumps
: around
: even with long sentences or paragraphs. It's stays solid
as a rock.
: Luc
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: "PopS" schreef in bericht
: ...
: Hi Luc,
:
: I ass-u-me you're talking about 2003, right? I have
2002 and
: there is no "countour" under the Format AutoShape
menues,
: therefore it doesn't work as you stated, but:
:
: it DOES work in 2002 if you instead select the left
line and
: then use Set AutoShape Defaults. There is a caveat or
two: Too
: long a sentence or paragraph (several lines) will jump
everything
: outside of the shape and push it to the next page on
you.
: Anything that can't be fit in the space provided by the
triangle
: "jumps" outside the triangle and in the process seems
to take
: everything else with it.
: I only spent a few seconds with it, so it's probably
easy to
: anchor the triangle to keep it from blowing away in the
winds of
: the ether. I suspect there's more to learn about it -
and I'm
: glad to discover something I never thought about
before.
:
: That said, NEAT! I never thought about doing it that
way and
: just used Centering and the Enter key before this.
:
: Good tip!
:
: Pops
:
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: "Luc" wrote in message
: ...
: : HT,
: : Draw two lines with the line tool on the Drawing
toolbar. First
: from top
: : left to middle bottom, second from top right to
middle bottom.
: : Select the left line, rightclick it, choose Format
AutoShape,
: choose third
: : tab from the left, click on the contour icon, now
click on
: advanced, choose
: : only to the right in the section for wrapping text.
Now do the
: same with the
: : line on the right, but set this on to wrap text only
to the
: left of the
: : line.
: : To make the lines disappear in the same menu choose
colors and
: lines tab and
: : change the color to white.
: : Luc
: : "HT" schreef in bericht
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: : Word2003
: : WindowsXP
: :
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: :
: : I need to create this because it will be on the 1st
page of
: an Offering
: : Statement.
: :
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