drawing semicircle
newbie
I need help on a very basic feature of powerpoint, i.e., how to draw a
semi-circle?
well to draw a circle one has to depress the shift key while drawing using
the oval button on the drawing toolbar, right?
so is there a key that i can depress so that i can draw a semi-circle in a
similar way?
thanks,
dodo
Cap'n Cook
>> I need help on a very basic feature of powerpoint, i.e., how to draw
a semi-circle? <<
It is a basic feature - and it isn't there, I'm afraid. One workaround,
is to use the graph applet - as follows:
==========================
1. On the Insert menu, click Microsoft Graph.
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. Select Copy from the Edit menu
7. Insert a new blank slide, then select Paste Special from the Edit
menu. Click Picture, 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.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Then, to save yourself all this trouble in the future, keep one copy of
the page with the semi circle on it in a separate file that you can
insert into any future presentation.
Of course, if you have access to a more advanced draw app, such as
CorelDraw, you could create a semi circle object, save as WMF and keep
that on file.
--
Tony Cook, MS PowerPoint MVP
Computer Slide Express, Toronto
http://www.slide-express.ca
Stephen Rindsberg
Try the arc tool instead. Hold down the shift key while you draw with it
to produce a 1/4 circular arc. Then draw another like it (or dup and flip
this one), group the two.
Cap'n Cook
>> draw an arc and use the yellow edit handles to alter the shape's
shape ie you can drag the 1/4 circle out to a semi-circle <<
Oops - I had forgotten that Ppt had that tool buried in the options.
thanks.
Al
PS t0 last posting
I forgot: I think that PPT V4 double clicking an arc displays handles that
allow you to drag it out to a semi circle
Al
Cap'n Cook <to...@NO-SPAM.slide-express.ca> wrote in article
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Al
Are you on an oldish version?
FOR V7
draw an arc and use the yellow edit handles to alter the shape's shape
ie you can drag the 1/4 circle out to a semi-circle
if not draw a 1/4 circle, duplicate it, flip on half align and then group
the two
Brian Reilly
TC,
>I had forgotten<
Don't do that again (ROFL).
Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
On Fri, 19 Sep 1997 07:06:20 -0700, to...@NO-SPAM.slide-express.ca
(Cap'n Cook) wrote:
>>> draw an arc and use the yellow edit handles to alter the shape's
>shape ie you can drag the 1/4 circle out to a semi-circle <<
>
Cindy Meister Word-MVP
Hey, Hi there Cap'n Reilly
Thought I'd check up on you and Steve <evil-g> Any idea why I can't
pick up Cap'n Cook's replies? They come through blank, but I can read
everyone elses'...
-- Cindy
Using Virtual Access
http://www.vamail.com
Brian Reilly
Hi Cindy,
Cap'n Cooks messages are usually empty (void of content) (ROFL),
still (ROFL).
Here's one of Tony's from this thread:
>> draw an arc and use the yellow edit handles to alter the shape's
shape ie you can drag the 1/4 circle out to a semi-circle <<
Oops - I had forgotten that Ppt had that tool buried in the options.
thanks.
--
Tony Cook, MS PowerPoint MVP
Computer Slide Express, Toronto
http://www.slide-express.ca<<
Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
Stephen Rindsberg
He's saying nasty things about you, so he puts his replies in
Blank-Out-Cindy mode. Clever devil, isn't he?
Actually, I have no idea why this should happen, but I've seen it before.
Usually, you can hit the Reply button to see his text quoted in the reply
window, though.
> http://www.vamail.com
>
>
Cap'n Cook
>> Don't do that again <<
Er ... what was it again?
Cap'n Cook
>> Thought I'd check up on you and Steve <evil-g> Any idea why I can't
pick up Cap'n Cook's replies? They come through blank, but I can read
everyone elses'... <<
Probably not worth reading ... oh wait, you can't read this anyway. I
wonder - has Congress decided they've had enough of this Longest
Undefended Border thing and are shutting out everything north of the
49th?
And Brian - no fair!
Cindy Meister -WordMVP-
Nope, empty as can be!
(Now you got me curious, by golly!)
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
Consulting
This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question
or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
Cindy Meister -WordMVP-
Hi Brian,
<ROFL> You guys are odd!
> Here's one of Tony's from this thread:
>
> >> draw an arc and use the yellow edit handles to alter the shape's
> shape ie you can drag the 1/4 circle out to a semi-circle <<
>
> Oops - I had forgotten that Ppt had that tool buried in the options.
> thanks.
>
Exactly. I saw *your* answer quoting this, but not Tony's!
Cindy Meister -WordMVP-
Hi Steve,
> He's saying nasty things about you, so he puts his replies in
> Blank-Out-Cindy mode. Clever devil, isn't he?
>
Yeah, I'd sure like to know how he manages that <g>
> Actually, I have no idea why this should happen, but I've seen it before.
> Usually, you can hit the Reply button to see his text quoted in the reply
> window, though.
>
I've never seen this before, but OTOH I usually hang out only in "normal" places, like the Word newsgroup <g>
With this new OLR, if I want to see something in the Reply window, I have to select it, first! Which is nice, in a way. And the behavior for CC is 100% consistent...
Let's face it, he doesn't exist. Must be Cap'n the cat's alter-ego <g>
Brian Reilly
Cindy, Us odd, nah, just a bunch of spreadsheet guys over the edge.
(vbg).
See you soon, at least Cap'n will.
Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
On Tue, 23 Sep 1997 15:14:17 +0200, Cindy Meister -WordMVP-
<CindyM...@compuserve.com> wrote:
>Hi Brian,
>
><ROFL> You guys are odd!
>
>> Here's one of Tony's from this thread:
>>
>> >> draw an arc and use the yellow edit handles to alter the shape's
>> shape ie you can drag the 1/4 circle out to a semi-circle <<
>>
>> Oops - I had forgotten that Ppt had that tool buried in the options.
>> thanks.
>>
>
>Exactly. I saw *your* answer quoting this, but not Tony's!
>
Brian Reilly
TC,
That.
Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
On Mon, 22 Sep 1997 05:34:53 -0700, to...@NO-SPAM.slide-express.ca
(Cap'n Cook) wrote:
>>> Don't do that again <<
>
>Er ... what was it again?
>
Brian Reilly
TC,
Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
On Mon, 22 Sep 1997 06:51:14 -0700, to...@NO-SPAM.slide-express.ca
(Cap'n Cook) wrote:
>>> Thought I'd check up on you and Steve <evil-g> Any idea why I can't
>pick up Cap'n Cook's replies? They come through blank, but I can read
>everyone elses'... <<
>
>Probably not worth reading ... oh wait, you can't read this anyway. I
>wonder - has Congress decided they've had enough of this Longest
>Undefended Border thing and are shutting out everything north of the
>49th?
>
>And Brian - no fair!
>
Cap'n Cook
>>
<ROFL> You guys are odd! <<
Probably 'cos there's three of us <g>
Cap'n Cook
>> Nope, empty as can be!
(Now you got me curious, by golly!) <<
Me too. I know you can't see this (writes naughty messages and various
grafitti) but maybe Brian can intercede. Which reader are you using? I'd
like to follow this up with my reader's tech support (as I'm on a beta
version).
Does the fact that I was born in Cheshire have anything to do with I
wonder? < > (That's a Cheshire cat's grin, BTW)
Cap'n Cook
>> Let's face it, he doesn't exist. <<
Yes - I do have days like that.
Stephen Rindsberg
Oh. ODD. I though it said OLD.
Cap'n Cook <to...@NO-SPAM.slide-express.ca> wrote in article
<099708231258...@NO-SPAM.slide-express.ca>...
> >>
> <ROFL> You guys are odd! <<
>
> Probably 'cos there's three of us <g>
>
Brian Reilly
TC, Cindy is using Virtual Access.
Hey Cin, you should also check the other place to see if you can see
any of Tony's messages.
And Cin, don't worry, when you get over here in mid Oct. Cap'n will
show you all of Tony's messages on my screen. And maybe you can then
show me how to set up VA which I've installed and found the ng's but
don't seem to find the command to go read the subscribes.
Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
On Wed, 24 Sep 1997 05:28:07 -0700, to...@NO-SPAM.slide-express.ca
(Cap'n Cook) wrote:
>>> Nope, empty as can be!
>
>(Now you got me curious, by golly!) <<
>
>Me too. I know you can't see this (writes naughty messages and various
>grafitti) but maybe Brian can intercede. Which reader are you using? I'd
>like to follow this up with my reader's tech support (as I'm on a beta
>version).
>
>Does the fact that I was born in Cheshire have anything to do with I
>wonder? < > (That's a Cheshire cat's grin, BTW)
>
Cap'n Cook
>> Cindy is using Virtual Access. <<
Ah so - I had a copy of that and dumped it. Still, I shall pop a Q over
to the OUI beta section and see if they can throw any light on the
problem.
Cap'n Cook
>> I though it said OLD. <<
that too.
Cap'n Cook
Cindy:
I gather you are now able to see my body, er... the body of my messages?
Cap'n Cook
>> Steve's older than the first abacus. Tony is even older than
that! <<
... and counting
Cindy Meister -WordMVP-
Hi Stephen,
> I though it said OLD.
>
Are you?
Brian Reilly
Cin, Steve's older than the first abacus. Tony is even older than
that!
Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
Cindy Meister -WordMVP-
>Does the fact that I was born in Cheshire have anything to do with I
>wonder? < > (That's a Cheshire cat's grin, BTW)
Almost certainly <vbg>
Cindy Meister -WordMVP-
Hi Brian,
> Hey Cin, you should also check the other place to see if you can see
> any of Tony's messages.
>
This is a really wierd feeling. Maybe I'll just keep posting on those
messages of TC's that I can't read <evil-g>
<<And maybe you can then show me how to set up VA which I've installed
and found the ng's but don't seem to find the command to go read the
subscribes.>>
Lessee, you went into the Message menu, selected "View Service Lists"
and subscribed to the newsgroups, right? There you can select whether
you want to subscribe to the full service (headers + body) or just the
headers (which is what I do for most groups). Connect and get all those
headers. Go through them, and when you see one you want to "get", press
> (or Message/Fetch Full Message). That should put in red arrow next to
the header and it should pick up the body on the next Connect pass.
Unless, of course, they're TCs'...
Cindy Meister -WordMVP-
Hi Stephen,
> Relative to dirt and rocks and stuff, no. Relative to more recent
> technology, ask me in a week or so. I plan on feeling younger then. <g>
>
<LOL> Me, too - teaching my mother how to use the new computer I plan to
get her for her birthday. A change of pace from the forums and NGs...
--Cindy
Cindy Meister -WordMVP-
Darn! Missed it again. I'm certain it was something really "pointiert"
<sigh>
--Cindy
Using Virtual Access 4.0.1 (32-bit)
http://www.vamail.com
Cap'n Cook
>> Darn! Missed it again. I'm certain it was something really "pointiert
<<
I posted a query on my OLR support group, but no response. Hmm ... maybe
THEY can't see my messages either.