PowerPoint 2008 Eliminates Important Capabilities

External Since: Feb 18, 2008 Posts: 1

PowerPoint 2008 has eliminated two capabilities that I consider essential to do my work, and that have always been standard features of earlier versions:
° Filling objects with patterns
° Editing irregular shapes (Edit Points)
I have some experience with product development, as the director of product development for a major company, and it is beyond me why anyone would want to degrade the usefulness of a product like Microsoft has done to PowerPoint.

External Since: Sep 29, 2004 Posts: 27

Hi Sunshine,

You can still edit irregular shapes. Simply choose "Edit Points" after
right-clicking or holding CTRL key and clicking from menu to do so. If you
don't have that option you need to first convert the shape to a "Freeform"
shape (also an option on that menu).

Let us know if this works for you or not.

Matt
MacOffice Testing
Microsoft

Date: 2/18/08 9:06 AM / From: "sunshine@officeformac.com"
<sunshine.TakeThisOut@officeformac.com>

> PowerPoint 2008 has eliminated two capabilities that I consider essential to
> do my work, and that have always been standard features of earlier versions:
> ° Filling objects with patterns
> ° Editing irregular shapes (Edit Points)
> I have some experience with product development, as the director of product
> development for a major company, and it is beyond me why anyone would want to
> degrade the usefulness of a product like Microsoft has done to PowerPoint.

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