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Squeezing more text inside a PowerPoint shape

January 4, 2009 · by Jan Schultink
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Circles are beautiful shapes to work with. Unfortunately, PowerPoint’s standard settings make it hard to fit in text. To get a bit more space, got to “format shape”->“text box”:

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2 comments

Jan Schultink2009-01-06 09:12:00
I use this method often as well, but it gets messy when resizing, grouping, animations, etc. You also have to keep re-centering all the time.
Anonymous2009-01-05 20:25:00
I prefer to create a separate text box and position it on top of the figure. This allows you to make the text as big as you like, and you avoid automatic size adjustments by PowerPoint.
Titus Tielens