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John Posada wrote:
>>> In doing research, it appears that this capability (or lack of)
>>> comes up often on the MS support forum for PowerPoint. MS has even
>>> placed a web page with instructions specifically designed to
>>> overcome this shortcoming.
>
>> Which of course you're going to share with us ..... when?
>
> Actually, it wasn't Microsoft itself, but a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
> web site:
>
>http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/html/connectors.html
>
>> By the way, which version of PP have the connection
>> point feature? I have Word 2000 SR-1 and it doesn't seem
>> to be there.
>
> Not Word...PowerPoint. I'm using 2003, so I don't know how far back, I
> just remember it being there for a long time.
Sorry, I meant Office 2000.
But yes, you're right, the Autoshapes tool looks identical
in Word and PowerPoint, so I didn't notice that the single
difference is that the PP version includes Connectors. This
is useful info for people who need them but who work in Word.
