Organizational charts in Powerpoint

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I'm trying to create an organziational chart in a Powerpoint slide. I can't seem to change the size of the boxes holding text. I would like to use a larger font which requires wider boxes in order for the text to fit inside the box. The handles for sizing have X's in them. How can I size the boxes? Thanks in advance.
 
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Randy said:
I'm trying to create an organziational chart in a Powerpoint slide. I
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can't seem to change the size of the boxes holding text. I would like to
use a larger font which requires wider boxes in order for the text to fit
inside the box. The handles for sizing have X's in them. How can I size
the boxes? Thanks in advance.
 
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Hello,

The diagram feature in Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2003 System
are provided by the shared Microsoft Office Drawing feature by using the
AutoShapes and imposing behaviors (formatting and layout rules) that are
specific to each type of diagram (Organization Chart, Venn Diagram, Cycle
Diagram, etc.). Because of the built-in behaviors or heuristics associated
with each diagram time, some of the normal selction and editing
capabilities will not be available for the shapes and lines in each type of
diagram until those rules have been disabled.

Different sets of rules or behaviors can be enabled or disabled by each of
the following two diagram commands:

AutoLayout:

1) Select diagram
2) On the toolbar associated with the selected diagram, choose "Layout ->
AutoLayout" to toggle whether this behavior is turned ON or OFF.

AutoFormat:

1) Select diagram
2) Right-Click on an empty area in the diagram and select "Use AutoFormat"
from the contextual menu that appears, to toggle whether this behavior is
turned ON or OFF.

For your specific need (resizing shapes), you would want to turn OFF the
AutoLayout setting for the specific diagram.

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improvements to the diagraming feature in PowerPoint (Office), don't forget
to send your feedback to Microsoft at:

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suggestions).

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