Microsoft KB Archive/190329

= PPT97: How to Create a Half-Circle in PowerPoint =

Article ID: 190329

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q190329





SUMMARY
PowerPoint does not include a half-circle drawing tool. This article discusses how you can create a half-circle shape by ungrouping a Graph.



MORE INFORMATION
To create a half circle shape in PowerPoint, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Insert menu, click Chart.
 * 2) On the Format menu, click AutoFormat. Click Pie, and then click option 1. This should be a 2-D pie chart.
 * 3) On the View menu, click Datasheet.
 * 4) Clear all cells, except for A1 and B1. In each of those cells type the value 50.
 * 5) Exit Microsoft Graph.
 * 6) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 7) Insert a new blank slide, and then click Paste Special on the Edit menu. Click Picture, and then click OK.
 * 8) On the Draw menu, click Ungroup. You see this message:

This is an imported object, not a group. Converting it to a PowerPoint drawing will discard embedded data or linking information. Convert to PowerPoint drawing?

Click OK.

You now have 2 half circles on the slide. Choose the half circle you want and copy it to the appropriate slide.

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