Spiral

B

Bob S

Does anybody know how to draw a good spiral in Power-point? Actually, what
I would like is a spiral with enough thickness in the line that I could put
several words in various parts of the line.
Thanks.
Bob
 
T

Troy Chollar

Hi Bob,

That is a good question, and one I have not heard. But the answer is "not
easily". In PowerPoint I would turn on the Grid so you can keep things
symetrical. Then using using the custom line/curve tool you could create a
spiral by clicking on the grid points around and around. If anyone point
ends up a bit off, keep going. Then click the edit points tools to adjust
individual points (can also adjust the curve (see the 8/10/09 post on
www.ThePowerPointBlog.com for quick tutorial on using edit points).

The way I have developed spirals is in Adobe Illustrator (there is a spiral
tool), then export as .wmf and insert into PowerPoint.

--
Troy
TLC Creative Services, Inc.
A MS powerPoint MVP
www.tlccreative.com
www.ThePowerPointBlog.com
 
B

Bob S

Steve, I have a question.
Troy mentions a spiral tool in Adobe Illustrator. You mention one in Corel
Draw. It seems that you imply another one somewhere else when you said "Try
using the spiral tool then copy/pasting into PPT.
Paste Special, as EMF." Is there a third alternative, or did I misread what
you said below?
Thanks to both of you for the ideas.
Bob


Steve Rindsberg said:
The way I have developed spirals is in Adobe Illustrator (there is a
spiral
tool), then export as .wmf and insert into PowerPoint.
Click to expand...

Ah, thanks for the reminder; I'd meant to test this here too.

[gallumphs off to the laboratory, bellowing for Igor to follow him]
[SFX: mad science]
[races back, cackling madly]

Whatcha know. Try using the spiral tool then copy/pasting into PPT.
Paste Special, as EMF.

When I do this with Corel Draw's spirals (it has a tool too), I get a
picture
that ungroups into a curve that I can use Edit Points on in PPT.


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T

Troy Chollar

I meant an .emf, but just from memory I could not remember which format
supported what - guess I guessed wrong. Have not tried the
copy/paste-special direct from Illustrator will note that option (BTW if you
just paste, not paste special, it gives you a .jpg).

Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services


Steve Rindsberg said:
Steve, I have a question.
Troy mentions a spiral tool in Adobe Illustrator. You mention one in
Corel
Draw. It seems that you imply another one somewhere else when you said
"Try
using the spiral tool then copy/pasting into PPT.
Click to expand...

I was suggesting that Troy try pasting the results from Adobe
Illustrator's
spiral tool into PPT as EMF rather than exporting as WMF then reimporting.

See, WMF only supports straight line segments and arcs, but not the bezier
curves that you really need to draw a spiral. EMF supports beziers, so
that's
what you get once they're in PPT. Even if you don't need to edit the
things,
the curves are cleaner, will print better at high resolution and won't
clog up
the file with quite so much data.

Give it a little while then check here; I've uploaded an example EMF you
can
start with:

How to create a spiral in PowerPoint
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ01021.htm
Paste Special, as EMF." Is there a third alternative, or did I misread
what
you said below?
Thanks to both of you for the ideas.
Bob

Steve Rindsberg said:
The way I have developed spirals is in Adobe Illustrator (there is a
spiral
tool), then export as .wmf and insert into PowerPoint.

Ah, thanks for the reminder; I'd meant to test this here too.

[gallumphs off to the laboratory, bellowing for Igor to follow him]
[SFX: mad science]
[races back, cackling madly]

Whatcha know. Try using the spiral tool then copy/pasting into PPT.
Paste Special, as EMF.

When I do this with Corel Draw's spirals (it has a tool too), I get a
picture
that ungroups into a curve that I can use Edit Points on in PPT.


==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
Click to expand...
 
E

Enric Mañas

Give it a little while then check here; I've uploaded an example EMF you
can start with:
How to create a spiral in PowerPoint
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ01021.htm
Click to expand...

"right-click this link and save spiral_001.emf to your computer" -->
error404.htm

Yes?

;-)

--
Enric Mañas [MS MVP PowerPoint]


Steve Rindsberg said:
Steve, I have a question.
Troy mentions a spiral tool in Adobe Illustrator. You mention one in
Corel
Draw. It seems that you imply another one somewhere else when you said
"Try
using the spiral tool then copy/pasting into PPT.
Click to expand...

I was suggesting that Troy try pasting the results from Adobe
Illustrator's
spiral tool into PPT as EMF rather than exporting as WMF then reimporting.

See, WMF only supports straight line segments and arcs, but not the bezier
curves that you really need to draw a spiral. EMF supports beziers, so
that's
what you get once they're in PPT. Even if you don't need to edit the
things,
the curves are cleaner, will print better at high resolution and won't
clog up
the file with quite so much data.

Give it a little while then check here; I've uploaded an example EMF you
can
start with:

How to create a spiral in PowerPoint
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ01021.htm
Paste Special, as EMF." Is there a third alternative, or did I misread
what
you said below?
Thanks to both of you for the ideas.
Bob

Steve Rindsberg said:
The way I have developed spirals is in Adobe Illustrator (there is a
spiral
tool), then export as .wmf and insert into PowerPoint.

Ah, thanks for the reminder; I'd meant to test this here too.

[gallumphs off to the laboratory, bellowing for Igor to follow him]
[SFX: mad science]
[races back, cackling madly]

Whatcha know. Try using the spiral tool then copy/pasting into PPT.
Paste Special, as EMF.

When I do this with Corel Draw's spirals (it has a tool too), I get a
picture
that ungroups into a curve that I can use Edit Points on in PPT.


==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
Click to expand...
 

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