Restore ability to draw straight lines with freeform by holding sh

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One of PowerPoint's strongest drawing features has always been freeform
because you can create any shape you need, but in PowerPoint 2007, this
feature has been crippled by the inability to draw straight lines (lines at a
0 or 90 degree angle) by holding shift while clicking to create new points.

Please restore the ability to hold shift to draw lines with freeform that
are perfectly straight. In the current version, I end up with lines at 2
degree angles when all I want is a flat line. While I'm sure someone out
there needs to draw a shape with odd angles, I'm willing to bet there are a
lot more of us who need to use standard 15 degree increments to draw our
shapes. Please help! PowerPoint 07 is worthless to me without this feature!



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Thanks for your suggestion, but I tried the hotfix, and while it did fix the
issue for lines and holding shift, it did not fix the issue for freeform and
holding shift. Freeform still does not respond to holding shift.

Echo S said:
There's a hotfix for this.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941658

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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


MCMR9 said:
One of PowerPoint's strongest drawing features has always been freeform
because you can create any shape you need, but in PowerPoint 2007, this
feature has been crippled by the inability to draw straight lines (lines
at a
0 or 90 degree angle) by holding shift while clicking to create new
points.

Please restore the ability to hold shift to draw lines with freeform that
are perfectly straight. In the current version, I end up with lines at 2
degree angles when all I want is a flat line. While I'm sure someone out
there needs to draw a shape with odd angles, I'm willing to bet there are
a
lot more of us who need to use standard 15 degree increments to draw our
shapes. Please help! PowerPoint 07 is worthless to me without this
feature!



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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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You are correct, it doesn't. Sorry -- forgot to mention that. It's a good
suggestion, and I continue to hope for improvements to those areas in
service packs and future releases.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


MCMR9 said:
Thanks for your suggestion, but I tried the hotfix, and while it did fix
the
issue for lines and holding shift, it did not fix the issue for freeform
and
holding shift. Freeform still does not respond to holding shift.

Echo S said:
There's a hotfix for this.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941658

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


MCMR9 said:
One of PowerPoint's strongest drawing features has always been freeform
because you can create any shape you need, but in PowerPoint 2007, this
feature has been crippled by the inability to draw straight lines
(lines
at a
0 or 90 degree angle) by holding shift while clicking to create new
points.

Please restore the ability to hold shift to draw lines with freeform
that
are perfectly straight. In the current version, I end up with lines at
2
degree angles when all I want is a flat line. While I'm sure someone
out
there needs to draw a shape with odd angles, I'm willing to bet there
are
a
lot more of us who need to use standard 15 degree increments to draw
our
shapes. Please help! PowerPoint 07 is worthless to me without this
feature!



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This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...4-1a218716ea34&dg=microsoft.public.powerpoint
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