Text Formatting in text box/shape

[craimo28]

I'm trying to get my text to take the shape of the box it's in. For example,
I added the shape of a star and typed in it. I want the text to look like a
star, not like a paragraph in a star. How do I do this?

Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Manually.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[craimo28]

But how? I have tried everything I can try to adjust the layout, but I cannot
figure it out for anything!

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Make each line a separate Justified paragraph and move the margins to
taste.

 

[Character]

I'm trying to get my text to take the shape of the box it's in. For example,
I added the shape of a star and typed in it. I want the text to look like a
star, not like a paragraph in a star. How do I do this?

Thanks!

There's no facility in MSWord to do this. Corel Draw has a 'fit to
envelope' function. MS Publisher has a 'format autoshape' function
that does the task. It can also be done with Adobe Illustrator and Visio.

- Character

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the shape is symmetrical, you can just center the (justified) paragraph
and use line breaks to wrap the text at the desired width.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Make each line a separate Justified paragraph and move the margins to
taste.