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• Kinks

  January 2010

  I don't have Powerpoint on my work computer, so I apologize if this doesn't actually work...have you tried making two separate text boxes, one on top of the other, with no text wrap? Then you would just have to make each text box the same length and play with the font sizes until the lines are the same length. I forget if Powerpoint will let you do that or not...
  

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• ShernRich

  January 2010

  Kinks:

  I don't have Powerpoint on my work computer, so I apologize if this doesn't actually work...have you tried making two separate text boxes, one on top of the other, with no text wrap? Then you would just have to make each text box the same length and play with the font sizes until the lines are the same length. I forget if Powerpoint will let you do that or not...
  

  I did this;  They don't quite line up evenly, no matter how much I play with the text.

  
  
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• jgilberg

  January 2010

  In Photoshop, you would adjust the kerning (the spaces between each letter) to make the two sides of the text line up. In photoshop cs3, after you write text, to access the kerning info, you would go to the file symbol at the far right. Click on that and a little window comes up. The kerning field is the one on the right and 3rd from the top, with the "AZ" with arrows going to the left and right. If you change the number in the field to a higher positive number, the letters will get farther apart.
  

  Unfortunately, Powerpoint does not seem to have this feature. I looked around and could not find it. You may want to create the text in a graphics program and save it out as a png or maybe a gif file.

  Hope this helps!

  ~Julie
  

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• l_part

  January 2010

  You can use two Word Art boxes (the sideways A next to the text box key) and then adjust them accordingly.  If you hold the shift key down when resizing it will keep the height-width ratio of the font.  Good Luck!   

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• ShernRich

  January 2010

  jgilberg:

  In Photoshop, you would adjust the kerning (the spaces between each letter) to make the two sides of the text line up. In photoshop cs3, after you write text, to access the kerning info, you would go to the file symbol at the far right. Click on that and a little window comes up. The kerning field is the one on the right and 3rd from the top, with the "AZ" with arrows going to the left and right. If you change the number in the field to a higher positive number, the letters will get farther apart.
  

  Unfortunately, Powerpoint does not seem to have this feature. I looked around and could not find it. You may want to create the text in a graphics program and save it out as a png or maybe a gif file.

  Hope this helps!

  ~Julie
  

  Powerpoint '07 does have the kerning option, but it just lets you specify how many points between letters, not necessary drag out the word and auto adjusts it accordingly.    I've tried that also.   I did create text in a graphic program, and it worked well, the only thing is that I'm worried about the text not being a vector image and the printed output may not be as smooth or as clear as I would like.

  
  
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• ShernRich

  January 2010

  l_part:

  You can use two Word Art boxes (the sideways A next to the text box key) and then adjust them accordingly.  If you hold the shift key down when resizing it will keep the height-width ratio of the font.  Good Luck!   

  Eureka! It worked!  Thanks so much!!!

  
  
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• jgilberg

  January 2010

  I am glad you worked out a solution!

  ~Julie
  

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