Microsoft KB Archive/68697

Pasting Text Onto Drawn Objects in PowerPoint PSS ID Number: Q68697 Article last modified on 10-29-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

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Summary:

In PowerPoint, text can be copied not only as labels or into word-processing boxes, but also onto drawn objects. When text is copied onto a drawn object, such as a circle or a square, it becomes fixed to and part of the object. The text as a whole cannot be selected and dragged away from the object. However, the text can be highlighted and then deleted by using the backspace or delete keys. It can also be edited.

More Information:

To copy text onto a drawn object, do the following:


 * 1) Select the text.
 * 2) Choose Copy or Cut from the Edit menu.
 * 3) Select the object to which you want to attach the text.
 * 4) Choose Paste from the Edit menu. The text will become fixed to and part of the selected object.

If the selected object already contains text, the copied text will be appended to the end of the preexisting text on the object.

If you want to insert the text at a point within the preexisting text rather than at the end, you may place the word-processing cursor at the desired spot and then choose Paste from the Edit menu. The copied text will be inserted at the chosen spot.

If the text already on the object has been highlighted, the copied text will replace it.

Note: Choosing Copy, when the text box itself is selected, will not allow you to paste the text onto a selected object. It will instead place a second copy of the text, in a separate word-processing box, on top of the first one. To paste text onto an object it is necessary to select the text by highlighting the letters themselves, not by just clicking on the text box.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.