PowerPoint line styles

[pammy]

I'm doing a PowerPoint presentation diagram and I'm showing dependencies between activities. Rather than use usual lines and arrows I want to show the flow direction and want a line that looks like >>>>>>>>>> type - you catch my drift I'm sure.

But PP doesn't seem to have one - just lots of dots, and broken lines with arrow head ends.

Anybody any ideas bearing in mind we're not able to download anything

TIA

P

 

[Nibbo]

Not entirely sure what you are after but have a look at the block arrows in autoshapes.
You could use a row of chevrons in alternating colours.

 

[imadoofus]

in alternating colours.

Arrrghhh!

I call that The PowerPoint Paradigm.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Chevrons; OK. Alternating colours, clipart, TextArt, text scrolling in from different directions, fades; No.

And no again.

PJ

 

[masqueraid]

Try using motion paths

 

[pammy]

Thanks guys - but animation is out as it needs to be printable and I want subtle understated - nothing flashing or garish. That's why I was looking for the chevron style line. Arrow heads at the end are to confusing for this critical path/activity map as some go vertically and I need people to see at glance if it's up or down in time. But it is just a line I'm after.

 

[masqueraid]

Are the Block Arrows in AutoShapes any help?

 

[pammy]

sadly no - far too big and chunky. If you imagine your monitor as an A4 sheet of paper and drawing a line like:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

That's the size I want. And some will be that length - others longer, some shorter. This is an example of the type of thing - much simplified!!!! Except I want >>>>>>>>> and not just plain lines with an arrow head at the end.

 

[masqueraid]

Hmm ...
Powerpoint is pretty limited for that - you could use WordArt ...



But it's fiddly to get a professional looking finish & it will look a bit "blocky"

 

[pammy]

nah - far to "in your face". Thanks though

If there's nothing then so be it - but I'd have thought there would be. Was surprised there wasn't. Not the end of the world though. Just won't be quite as fetching as it might have been.

 

[masqueraid]

One final idea - why not put several short arrows in a line rather than the one

 

[Dec]

What about something like this, sounds like it's a flow chart your after ... http://homepage.eircom.net/~decdec/Flow.jpg

Its all Word Art arrows, project never completed, too complicated.

Dec

 

[AndyS]

nah - far to "in your face". Thanks though

If there's nothing then so be it - but I'd have thought there would be. Was surprised there wasn't. Not the end of the world though. Just won't be quite as fetching as it might have been.

Pammy: if you still need help with this i will ask one of my trainers on Monday for you (i run a small IT training company) or i could email you a manual if you let me know which version of Office you have (i.e. 2002, 2003, 2007 etc)