[mso] Re: Irregular shapes for Word/Pub text boxes - can it it done?
- From: "Andrew the Owl" <tyto2820@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:06:26 -0000
Regrettably, as Dian says, there is no easy way of doing this in either Word
or Publisher 2003.
The only way I can think of to achieve the effect would be to type your text
with a paragraph for every line, then, with the shape drawn and sent behind
the text, to adjust the Left and Right Indent for every line so that it fits
within the shape. A VERY fiddly method, involving a good deal of trial and
error and a LOT of manual justification (with inserted spaces) to get both
the left and right margins to follow the shape!
Since Word and Publisher (I think) can be told to wrap to the OUTSIDE
outlines of a graphic, you would think it would not be beyond all capability
to wrap to an INSIDE boundary. In fact, I am almost sure that exactly that
feature was available in an ancient DTP/Graphics package called
Timeworks/Designworks. (The package is still available, I believe, but times
have moved on and that one didn't!). I'm not over-fond of the effect,
myself, but that's beside the point!
Andrew
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mikeA
> Sent: 11 December 2005 21:12
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Irregular shapes for Word/Pub text boxes - can
> it it done?
>
> Hi all
> I've been asked to compose a simple departmental newsletter.
> One of my requests is to pour text into various irregular
> shapes, such as triangles and circles. Is there is an easy
> way to do this?
>
> Am I missing something, or are text boxes in Word only rectangular?
>
> If anyone has any links to "How to use MS Publisher" or
> suchlike, I'd be very grateful
>
> Thanks again, Mike
>
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