Annotating an Autoshape chart in Word 2003

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I have designed a flow chart using "Autoshapes". I can insert text in the various boxes but cannot find a way of adding next above the various decision arrows that link the boxes. Can anyone help?


Jerry
 
Hi Lcs,
I have designed a flow chart using "Autoshapes". I can insert text in the
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various boxes but cannot find a way of adding next above the various decision
arrows that link the boxes.Use the TextBox drawing tool?

Cindy Meister
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http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
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To add to the text box suggestion, create a text box, then
click Format > Text Box. Click the Text Box tab and set
the margins to zero. Click the Colors and Lines tab and
set No Line, No Fill (this will let you move the text box
close to the connecting lines without obscuring them).
Make the text boxes just large enough to contain the
text. Fine tune the text box position by selecting it,
then pressing the Ctrl key while you nudge it with the
arrow keys (or press Alt while dragging).
 
To add to the text box suggestion, create a text box, then
click Format > Text Box. Click the Text Box tab and set
the margins to zero. Click the Colors and Lines tab and
set No Line, No Fill (this will let you move the text box
close to the connecting lines without obscuring them).
Make the text boxes
Click to expand...

Thanks for the responses. I am getting the hang of it. I noticed other students in my class had very good diagrams with "yes" and "no" above the various choice lines & I want to do something similar.

Jerry
 
Once you have created a Yes and a No, you can then copy either by holding
down the Control key and dragging a copy to a new location: so it is quick
and simple to achieve. For accurate positioning, select the Yes or No and
move with the arrow key or the Nudge command.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://www.mvps.org/word/

To add to the text box suggestion, create a text box, then
click Format > Text Box. Click the Text Box tab and set
the margins to zero. Click the Colors and Lines tab and
set No Line, No Fill (this will let you move the text box
close to the connecting lines without obscuring them).
Make the text boxes
Click to expand...

Thanks for the responses. I am getting the hang of it. I noticed other
students in my class had very good diagrams with "yes" and "no" above the
various choice lines & I want to do something similar.

Jerry
 
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To add to the text box suggestion, create a text box, then
click Format > Text Box. Click the Text Box tab and set
the margins to zero. Click the Colors and Lines tab and
set No Line, No Fill (this will let you move the text box
close to the connecting lines without obscuring them).
Make the text boxes
Click to expand...

Thanks for the responses. I am getting the hang of it. I noticed other students in my class had very good diagrams with "yes" and "no" above the various choice lines & I want to do something similar.

Jerry
 
To add to the text box suggestion, create a text box, then
click Format > Text Box. Click the Text Box tab and set
the margins to zero. Click the Colors and Lines tab and
set No Line, No Fill (this will let you move the text box
close to the connecting lines without obscuring them).
Make the text boxes
Click to expand...

Thanks for the responses. I am getting the hang of it. I noticed other students in my class had very good diagrams with "yes" and "no" above the various choice lines & I want to do something similar.

Jerry
 
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