Microsoft KB Archive/176460

= PPT97: Scale Feature Does Not Change Text Size =

Article ID: 176460

Article Last Modified on 6/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176460





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows, when you scale a text box or an AutoShape, the size of text within that object does not change. This behavior is different from that of earlier versions of PowerPoint in which the text was scaled proportionately with the object.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior and simulate the behavior of scaling text, convert the text box into a picture. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Make a back-up of your presentation.
 * 2) Select the text box you want to scale.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Cut.
 * 4) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
 * 5) In the Paste Special dialog box, click Picture, and then click OK.
 * 6) Select the text box and then click Picture on the Format menu.
 * 7) In the Format Picture dialog box, click the Size tab.
 * 8) Adjust the scale percentage for the height and width, and click OK.

Note that the text box is now a picture. To edit the text, you must ungroup the picture. To do this, follow these steps:  Select the picture. On the Draw menu, click Ungroup. When you receive a message similar to the following

This is an imported picture, not a group. Convert it to a Microsoft Office drawing?

click Yes to convert the picture to an AutoShape.

You can now edit the text. A good rule of thumb is to have the exact text you want before you convert the text box to a picture.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft welcomes suggestions or comments about changes in functionality and product design.

Additional query words: ppt97 powerpt 8.00 scaling resize

Keywords: kbprb KB176460

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