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typing so that words are in the shape of a circle
I'm a scrapbooker and want to journal in Word in the shape of a circle. I'd
like to know if this is possible? (I don't want my words going in a circle, I know that can be done in Word Art...I want my words to follow the outline of the circle and move to a new line when the circle gets larger or smaller.... THANKS! Sarah |
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typing so that words are in the shape of a circle
I think you're saying you want your ordinary horizontal text to wrap around
the outside of a circular shape? If so, insert a circular AutoShape (with No Line and No Fill) and apply Tight wrapping to it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "sarahwms" wrote in message ... I'm a scrapbooker and want to journal in Word in the shape of a circle. I'd like to know if this is possible? (I don't want my words going in a circle, I know that can be done in Word Art...I want my words to follow the outline of the circle and move to a new line when the circle gets larger or smaller.... THANKS! Sarah |
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Take a look at Keith's web page. Click tutorials, scroll down to page 15.
http://www.drawingwithword.com/ -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "sarahwms" wrote in message ... I'm a scrapbooker and want to journal in Word in the shape of a circle. I'd like to know if this is possible? (I don't want my words going in a circle, I know that can be done in Word Art...I want my words to follow the outline of the circle and move to a new line when the circle gets larger or smaller.... THANKS! Sarah |
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typing so that words are in the shape of a circle
Suzanne,
Actually I want to be able to draw a circle, and then type INSIDE that circle and I want the words to conform to the circle shape. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think you're saying you want your ordinary horizontal text to wrap around the outside of a circular shape? If so, insert a circular AutoShape (with No Line and No Fill) and apply Tight wrapping to it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "sarahwms" wrote in message ... I'm a scrapbooker and want to journal in Word in the shape of a circle. I'd like to know if this is possible? (I don't want my words going in a circle, I know that can be done in Word Art...I want my words to follow the outline of the circle and move to a new line when the circle gets larger or smaller.... THANKS! Sarah |
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typing so that words are in the shape of a circle
Or mabye even simpler? ...
insert/ picture/ Word Art ... Select (highlight) your text/ Word Art toolbar / select desired Word Art Shape/ circle/ drag handles to size desired. Cheers, Gil "Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... Take a look at Keith's web page. Click tutorials, scroll down to page 15. http://www.drawingwithword.com/ -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "sarahwms" wrote in message ... I'm a scrapbooker and want to journal in Word in the shape of a circle. I'd like to know if this is possible? (I don't want my words going in a circle, I know that can be done in Word Art...I want my words to follow the outline of the circle and move to a new line when the circle gets larger or smaller.... THANKS! Sarah |
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typing so that words are in the shape of a circle
Unfortunately, Word doesn't offer any good way to do this. If you select an
AutoShape, right-click, and choose Add Text, you get a text box inside the shape, but it's always rectangular. There are therefore two ways to approach the problem. Which you choose will depend on the situation (what other text the document contains, how much text is involved, etc.). 1. Insert a text box (No Line, No Fill) in front of the circle AutoShape. Make it square, the same size as the circle. Change the inside margins as required. Center the text horizontally (Ctrl+E) and type, adding line breaks (Shift+Enter) as required to fit the circle outlines. 2. Use two half-circles to constrain ordinary inline text. You can start with the Block Arc shape (rotated and stretched as required). Position two of them, facing opposite directions toward each other, apply Tight wrapping, and type between them. The latter method requires a tremendous amount of trial and error and really doesn't work very well (or at least I can't seem to get it working today, though I know I've done this in the past. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "sarahwms" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Actually I want to be able to draw a circle, and then type INSIDE that circle and I want the words to conform to the circle shape. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think you're saying you want your ordinary horizontal text to wrap around the outside of a circular shape? If so, insert a circular AutoShape (with No Line and No Fill) and apply Tight wrapping to it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "sarahwms" wrote in message ... I'm a scrapbooker and want to journal in Word in the shape of a circle. I'd like to know if this is possible? (I don't want my words going in a circle, I know that can be done in Word Art...I want my words to follow the outline of the circle and move to a new line when the circle gets larger or smaller.... THANKS! Sarah |
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Gil,
Thanks, but this only types the words in a circle, it doesn't line up the text in a circle shape! Maybe I'm not painting a clear pic... some thing like this only lett ing the W ord do the work! "gil" wrote: Or mabye even simpler? ... insert/ picture/ Word Art ... Select (highlight) your text/ Word Art toolbar / select desired Word Art Shape/ circle/ drag handles to size desired. Cheers, Gil "Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... Take a look at Keith's web page. Click tutorials, scroll down to page 15. http://www.drawingwithword.com/ -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "sarahwms" wrote in message ... I'm a scrapbooker and want to journal in Word in the shape of a circle. I'd like to know if this is possible? (I don't want my words going in a circle, I know that can be done in Word Art...I want my words to follow the outline of the circle and move to a new line when the circle gets larger or smaller.... THANKS! Sarah |
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typing so that words are in the shape of a circle
SORRY! That didn't show up correctly...although it is in this reply (while
typing!)! Who knows what it will show up like on the forum! (Also, I noticed that it does look sorta like what I want in the preview pane on the forum! "sarahwms" wrote: Gil, Thanks, but this only types the words in a circle, it doesn't line up the text in a circle shape! Maybe I'm not painting a clear pic... some thing like this only lett ing the W ord do the work! "gil" wrote: Or mabye even simpler? ... insert/ picture/ Word Art ... Select (highlight) your text/ Word Art toolbar / select desired Word Art Shape/ circle/ drag handles to size desired. Cheers, Gil "Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... Take a look at Keith's web page. Click tutorials, scroll down to page 15. http://www.drawingwithword.com/ -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "sarahwms" wrote in message ... I'm a scrapbooker and want to journal in Word in the shape of a circle. I'd like to know if this is possible? (I don't want my words going in a circle, I know that can be done in Word Art...I want my words to follow the outline of the circle and move to a new line when the circle gets larger or smaller.... THANKS! Sarah |
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typing so that words are in the shape of a circle
Did you visit
http://www.drawingwithword.com/ -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "sarahwms" wrote in message ... SORRY! That didn't show up correctly...although it is in this reply (while typing!)! Who knows what it will show up like on the forum! (Also, I noticed that it does look sorta like what I want in the preview pane on the forum! "sarahwms" wrote: Gil, Thanks, but this only types the words in a circle, it doesn't line up the text in a circle shape! Maybe I'm not painting a clear pic... some thing like this only lett ing the W ord do the work! "gil" wrote: Or mabye even simpler? ... insert/ picture/ Word Art ... Select (highlight) your text/ Word Art toolbar / select desired Word Art Shape/ circle/ drag handles to size desired. Cheers, Gil "Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... Take a look at Keith's web page. Click tutorials, scroll down to page 15. http://www.drawingwithword.com/ -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "sarahwms" wrote in message ... I'm a scrapbooker and want to journal in Word in the shape of a circle. I'd like to know if this is possible? (I don't want my words going in a circle, I know that can be done in Word Art...I want my words to follow the outline of the circle and move to a new line when the circle gets larger or smaller.... THANKS! Sarah |
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typing so that words are in the shape of a circle
sarahwms wrote:
I'm a scrapbooker and want to journal in Word in the shape of a circle. I'd like to know if this is possible? (I don't want my words going in a circle, I know that can be done in Word Art...I want my words to follow the outline of the circle and move to a new line when the circle gets larger or smaller.... What you want is a circular text box. Unfortunately, Word doesn't have such a feature. You can create a circular or oval shape, then "add text", but the result is a rectangular block of text inside the shape. You can also do it manually, by typing inside the shape and manually adjusting line ends, spacing, etc. Programs like Corel Draw and Adobe Illustrator have an 'envelope' function, where the text will flow within the confines of the envelope you create, which can be a circle or any other shape. That's probably the cleanest way to do it. Keeping within the confines of Microsoft products, I believe that you can do it with Visio, using one of its pre-defined shapes. Just about all visio objects are text boxes. You can create your object in another program, then copy/paste or import or place it into your word document. - Character |
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