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My kid needs to write a poem that is in the shape of a Christmas Tree. The
poem is 13 words, and it needs to follow the outline of a tree. Not as fill,
but follow the lines. How do I make Word do this? I figured out how to use
text boxes, but that seems very clumsy, and isn't coming out that good.

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Word doesn't have any built-in way to do this. Your best bet is to freehand
a Christmas tree shape (what that is is up to you--anything from a simple
triangle to something more elaborate) using the drawing tools, then center
the text in Word and insert line breaks (Shift+Enter) as needed to conform
to the shape, which can be deleted when you're done. If you have good visual
skills, you can imagine the Christmas tree shape as you type. But isn't it a
bit late for Christmas tree shapes?

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My kid needs to write a poem that is in the shape of a Christmas Tree. The
poem is 13 words, and it needs to follow the outline of a tree. Not as

fill,
but follow the lines. How do I make Word do this? I figured out how to use
text boxes, but that seems very clumsy, and isn't coming out that good.

Thanks!


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Thanks!

Yeah, weird... but it's for a "What I Got for Chrismtas" thing.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Word doesn't have any built-in way to do this. Your best bet is to freehand
a Christmas tree shape (what that is is up to you--anything from a simple
triangle to something more elaborate) using the drawing tools, then center
the text in Word and insert line breaks (Shift+Enter) as needed to conform
to the shape, which can be deleted when you're done. If you have good visual
skills, you can imagine the Christmas tree shape as you type. But isn't it a
bit late for Christmas tree shapes?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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My kid needs to write a poem that is in the shape of a Christmas Tree. The
poem is 13 words, and it needs to follow the outline of a tree. Not as

fill,
but follow the lines. How do I make Word do this? I figured out how to use
text boxes, but that seems very clumsy, and isn't coming out that good.

Thanks!



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Thanks for the explanation. Could have been worse, I guess (imagining a poem
in the shape of a Christmas stocking).

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Thanks!

Yeah, weird... but it's for a "What I Got for Chrismtas" thing.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Word doesn't have any built-in way to do this. Your best bet is to

freehand
a Christmas tree shape (what that is is up to you--anything from a

simple
triangle to something more elaborate) using the drawing tools, then

center
the text in Word and insert line breaks (Shift+Enter) as needed to

conform
to the shape, which can be deleted when you're done. If you have good

visual
skills, you can imagine the Christmas tree shape as you type. But isn't

it a
bit late for Christmas tree shapes?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

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My kid needs to write a poem that is in the shape of a Christmas Tree.

The
poem is 13 words, and it needs to follow the outline of a tree. Not as

fill,
but follow the lines. How do I make Word do this? I figured out how to

use
text boxes, but that seems very clumsy, and isn't coming out that

good.

Thanks!




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