Microsoft KB Archive/113019

= PPT: Cannot Change Default Fit Text or Anchor Point Options =

Article ID: 113019

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0a
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0b for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q113019



SUMMARY
You cannot change the default Fit Text or Anchor Point options in PowerPoint. Shape objects, labels, and text boxes will always have the same standard, default object attributes when you first create them.

The default settings for these objects are as follows:   Object Type    Anchor Point Type     Adjust Size? Word-wrap? ---   -         --

Shape              Middle                No             No   Label                Top                  Yes            No   Text box             Top                  Yes            Yes NOTE: The Fit Text option is available in PowerPoint 3.0, and the Anchor Point option is available in PowerPoint 4.0.



MORE INFORMATION
The Fit Text and Anchor Point commands allow you to change, for the selected object(s), the following object attributes:

Anchor Point

Box Margins

Adjust Object Size to Fit Text

Word-wrap Text in Object



WORKAROUND
If you need to create several objects with attributes that differ from the standard defaults, you can make this task easier by using either of the two following workarounds:

Workaround 1
If you have created an object that has the object attributes that you want, you can use the Pick-up Style and Apply Style tools (version 3.0) or the Format Painter tool (version 4.0) to copy those attributes to other objects.

The drawback to this method is that all other object attributes are copied as well, such as fill color, line style, and so on.

Workaround 2

 * 1) Create an object and change its attributes as desired, using the Fit Text or Anchor Point command.
 * 2) Use the Copy and Paste commands (or the Duplicate command) to make as many copies of that object as you need with those attributes.
 * 3) Make any additional changes to the copies.

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