Strikethrough text in Powerpoint

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Cowtoon

Powerpoint 2003:
I don't suppose there's a way to create strikethrough text in powerpoint
(asking too much I know!)
Thanks.
 
Thank you both ....
That's exactly what I ended up doing as a workaround.

I later tried to insert a non-breaking space ... oops ... not an option.
I'm not exactly batting-a-thousand with PowerPoint today.

I don't suppose this functionality was added to 2007?


Cowtoon,
Nope, only way to fake it is to draw two lines yourself and position them
accordingly.
For a macro solution look here:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00775.htm

But I hear this will finally be possible in PPT 2007. So don't despair.
 
I sure wish I had a list of these Alt code things. That would be *so*
helpful! I've found a couple online, but the ones they list don't ever seem
to work for me.

Anyway, Cowtoon, Luc's answer will have to suffice for current versions of
PPT as well as PPT 2007, because there's no new nonbreaking space
functionality.
 
I sure wish I had a list of these Alt code things. That would be *so*
helpful!
Click to expand...

There's always Character Map. Click on a character and it shows the
Alt+MagicNumber in the lower right corner.

Bit of a pain to track it down and fire it up every time you need to know the
keycode, granted. But you've got starter set ... there's a button to launch
Char Map.

Somewhere I've got a PDF that lists the characters and their numbers (and shows
the difference between PC and Mac). Give me a shout if you want me to scare it
up.
 
Steve Rindsberg said:
There's always Character Map. Click on a character and it shows the
Alt+MagicNumber in the lower right corner.

Bit of a pain to track it down and fire it up every time you need to know
the
keycode, granted. But you've got starter set ... there's a button to
launch
Char Map.

Somewhere I've got a PDF that lists the characters and their numbers (and
shows
the difference between PC and Mac). Give me a shout if you want me to
scare it
up.
Click to expand...

Well, I confess that last time I needed it, I was working in Quark -- and
the Alt+code the Character Map turned up didn't work in it. I'd have thought
they were all the same. (If you find that PDF, I'd love a copy.)

Echo
 
Somewhere I've got a PDF that lists the characters and their numbers (and
Well, I confess that last time I needed it, I was working in Quark -- and
the Alt+code the Character Map turned up didn't work in it. I'd have thought
they were all the same. (If you find that PDF, I'd love a copy.)
Click to expand...

Found it. Mailed it.

And looky here: its' already up on the site since before the last person who
remembered the expression "When Hector was a pup" died.

ftp://rdpslides.com/ENCODING.PDF

In case anyone else is interested.

Fair warning, it's not really ABOUT character map, and a lot of the info in it
is well out of date.
 
Thanks Luc ... gotta note that one. I use 0149 for bullets regularly. How
do you find the non-breaking space in the character map ... is it the blank
at the start?


Cowtoon,
A non breaking space? Hold down the Alt key and type 0160 on your numeric
keypad.
 
AFAIK Alt+0160 = non breaking space
Click to expand...

Bingo. And when you click that position in CharMap, the tooltip text tells you
the character's name (as does the status line at the bottom of the dialog box)

The Insert Symbol dialog also tells you it's a no-break space (the name appears
below the recently used symbols collection)
 
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