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Copy and paste shape format
By Tim Hards | May 23, 2008
New in Perspector 4.1 is the ability to copy and paste shape formatting. This is a really useful feature so I wanted to write a little about it. It also works in PowerPoint, Word and Excel to copy text formatting.
If you have a shape with formatting properties (e.g. fill, line and font colors) that you want another shape to have, what are your options?
You could manually set each of the formats. This is slow and prone to errors.
Better is to use the Format Painter. With this you click the first shape, then the Format Painter button, and then click the second shape. This copies all of the formatting properties over. This is quick and easy to use, but there is now an even better option:
The new format clipboard is more powerful. Click the shape you want to copy the format from, and press Ctrl+Shift+C. Then at any time during the edit, press Ctrl+Shift+V to “paste” the format to the currently selected shapes. Because it is easy to select multiple shapes and transfer the format to them using this, it is more versatile than Format Painter.
For a step-by-step of these techniques, see this FAQ.
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Past newletters now available online
By Tim Hards | May 15, 2008
Last September, the Perspector newsletter was re-launched as a monthly source of tips, news, notification of new library images, and the occasional offer (two so far). Until now, you had to sign up to receive them…
From today, all of the newsletters are available online.
The newsletter archive already includes November 2007’s comprehensive coverage of Perspector 4.0:
December 2007’s fusion of PowerPoint 2007 and Perspector:
And several other newsletters explaining Perspector in more detail: shape handles, toolbar customization, shape color, alignment and distribution.
If you like the look of these, sign up and get future newsletters sent to you.
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Perspector 4.1
By Tim Hards | May 8, 2008
The latest update to Perspector was released earlier today. Owners of Perspector 4.0 can upgrade for free.
Perspector 4.1 includes a few fixes and enhancements, including the “Save as Picture” feature I discussed here in this blog a couple of weeks ago.
You can see a full list of the changes on the Perspector website.
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