Microsoft KB Archive/62734

PowerPoint 2.00 Help: Drawing Objects PSS ID Number: Q62734 Article last modified on 09-25-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

The information below is taken from the Microsoft PowerPoint Version 2.00 Help file for Drawing.

PowerPoint’s four drawing tools are for creating regular objects. The shape of each tool indicates the type of object it can create: Line, Oval, Rectangle with Rounded Corners, or Rectangle.

To draw an object:


 * 1) Click on one of the tools.
 * 2) Put the pointer on the window (slide area) and it will become a crosshairs.
 * 3) Drag the crosshairs to draw the object.

The objects can also be constrained (SHIFT and SHIFT+CTRL keys) to be circles, squares, and lines drawn to right angles and 45 degree angles.

More Information:

The drawing tools are meant for creating diagrams such as organization charts, system diagrams, process charts, and the like. You can also use your other Windows programs to create art, then paste it into your presentation from the Clipboard, or by using the Paste from command on the File menu.

For more information about this topic, refer to Pages 32-34 and 164-170 of your “Microsoft PowerPoint User’s Guide.”

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.