text box help

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I put a text box in a slide with a picture but now can't seem to be able to
modify it. When I type new text in a new text box, both the original text
and the old are displayed.
 
Are you selecting the old text before you type the new text? If not, you are
appending the text to the text box's current contents, not replacing it.

Or are you actually adding a new text box? In that case, you should be able
to delete the old one. If you can't select the old one to delete it, it
might be on the master instead of on the slide.

Or have I just totally missed what you are trying to say? If so, blame it on
the hour and try again. :)

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Jim,
Is the picture in the textbox and you can't modify the picture? Or is the
textbox on top of the picture and you are not able to get at it. Or is it
you just can't edit the text, in that case Kathy has given you an answer.
 
Let me try again. I was trying to be brief. I have a slide with a picture
on it. Within the picture is a sign. I'm trying to put new language on this
sign to make it relevant to my presentation. When I insert a text box into
this portion of the picture, the text I'm entering appears to replace the
picture's text, but when I finish, both the original text and my text are
superimposed.

By the way, this I'm now working on the original picture. I've given up
replacing the text box on the picture I once modified but can't seem to get
this to happen again. Thank you.
 
See my reply to Kathy.

Luc said:
Jim,
Is the picture in the textbox and you can't modify the picture? Or is the
textbox on top of the picture and you are not able to get at it. Or is it
you just can't edit the text, in that case Kathy has given you an answer.
Click to expand...
 
Let me try again. I was trying to be brief. I have a slide with a picture
on it. Within the picture is a sign. I'm trying to put new language on this
sign to make it relevant to my presentation. When I insert a text box into
this portion of the picture, the text I'm entering appears to replace the
picture's text, but when I finish, both the original text and my text are
superimposed.
Click to expand...

The simplest way to deal with this would be to open the image in an image editing
program, retouch out the existing text on the sign and save the image.

Then you can use it in PPT and put any text you like over it.
 
Ok - I understand. You would probably be better off doing this in a picture
editor, rather than PPT. If you want to stick with PPT, add an autoshape
instead of the text box and give it a solid color fill. Then the new text
will show, but the old text won't. If you are going this way, you might find
it a good idea to group the two objects as well. If they are grouped, you
won't find yourself accidentally moving the text and not the picture or vice
versa.

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Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
 
Hi Jim

I think I've got it now. Basically to do what youre trying to do needs an
image editor like photoshop (unless the picture is very simple when a text
box with a FILL the same as the sign might work) If you'd like it done in
photoshop email it to me, there would only be a very small charge
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