Save a new shape

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I have created a colored arrow with some text inside. I want to save that
shape for use in other presentations. How do I save it for reuse?

TIA
 
Saving and copying will work, although it is ugly. You'd think that my
problem is not unique and that MS would have a way to handle this directly;
adding to the available shapes, allowing custom shapes palettes, or
something. Work arounds are great (thank you), but I'd like a mechanism
right in the program

One of the signs of really good software is that when you want to do
something that is reasonable given what the program is supposed to do, there
is a way to do it. It may be obscure, but its in there.Perhaps someone out
there will show us a way to do this without a workaround, til then, thanks
for the workaround.

Mark
 
While VBA allows us to create solutions it is not the same as having MS
include the solution in the program. First of all many of us have neither
the knowledge nor the time to code (and TEST!) solutions. That's why we buy
big expensive, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink programs. They're bloated,
but we expect (hope?) the bloat to include the things we need. Having to
code add-ons is somewhat like going to a restaurant and being asked to
prepare part of the meal. I don't want to do that. I guess I could bring
along another chef to make the things that the restaurant didn't make. But
both of these options seem to go counter to the reason I went to the fancy
restaurant in the first place. Some people like to cook. I don't.

Add-ons written by third parties such as yourself are often wonderful (yours
is pretty neat), but I can not expect someone else to work on those things
that I want, especially when the code they write may be obsoleted by the next
rev of the MS program.

There was a time when I enjoyed coding my own applications, but life is now
too short for me to spend it writing VBA routines. That is however, a
personal judgment as to how I want to spend my time. Years ago I spent the
time to create little add-ins. But not today.

Thanks again for giving me a usable solution to my original problem.

Mark

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Steve,

This is the first time I have ever heard any MS software referred to as
"lean/mean". I buy the bloatware because it does have lots of little
features that are used by only a small fraction of its users. I am among the
small fraction that wants to save shapes.

As to restaurants, if each want something very different (linguini &
sashimi) we should probably not go to the same restaurant, and definitely not
to a steak house. I'll go to a restaurant that that offers the kind of food I
want My expectations are set by that choice. If I wanted the capabilities of
Powerpoint, I would not buy Excel.

Overall, I think I understand what you are saying, and I don't think we are
that far away from each other. It is mostly a matter of emphasis with each
of us valuing some things more than others or having different expectations
of software developers.

This kind of discussion is probably best dealt with surrounded by pitchers
of beer. It needs too much give and take to be well handled in a forum.
While this conversation is interesting, I think we've hijacked this thread,
and should let it go. (Threads want to be free!).

If you find yourself in Madison, WI we should continue the discussion in the
appropriate environment.

Mark
 
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