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Subject:Re: Convert from PowerPoint to Word From:Marsha Kamish <MKamish -at- STEWART -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:03:40 -0600
To crop in Word, simply place the cursor above the sizing point and hold the
shift key. The cursor changes to a cropping tool. I tried to capture the
tool but it's not possible. It vaguely resembles a pair of
scissors....anyway, it works.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd [SMTP:lemoine -at- IONET -dot- NET]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 2:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: Convert from PowerPoint to Word
>
> >I created a cover for a document in PowerPoint. Why? Because we wanted
> to
> >use the official presentation background as the basis for the cover
> >graphic. I added text and a graphic and it looks fabulous. But, it's in
> >PowerPoint, and my document is in Word. I've tried exporting it as a
> JPG,
> >but when I try to insert the resulting graphic in the Word document, it's
> >the wrong size and it can't be resized properly because the aspect ratio
> >seems to have changed.
>
> Have you tried using the cropping tool in Word? I've never had the
> oppotunity to use it, but I'm pretty sure it's an option availabe on the
> images toolbar.
>
> Todd Lemoine
> lemoine -at- ionet -dot- net
>
> One good quote deserves another:
> "There is light in shadow and shadow in light and dark in the blue of the
> sky."
> --- Lucy
> Larcom
>
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