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FANTASTIC!!!!!<br />
I was looking on the home tab and didn't see it.<br />
Crap. &nbsp;I didn't look hard enough.<br />
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Thanks again Scott!!!!!
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FANTASTIC!!!!!
I was looking on the home tab and didn't see it.
Crap.  I didn't look hard enough.

Thanks again Scott!!!!!

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Excellent! This will save me hours! Thanks for sharing!
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Excellent! This will save me hours! Thanks for sharing!

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You're welcome, Tita. It's always nice when answers to a previous question come back to help someone else.
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You're welcome, Tita. It's always nice when answers to a previous question come back to help someone else.

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Unfortunately I have the same task ... an for some reason my &quot;Edit shape&quot; is greyed out and can't be selcted ... :-(
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Unfortunately I have the same task ... an for some reason my "Edit shape" is greyed out and can't be selcted ... :-(

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Claus -- what is greyed out for you? The <i>Change Shape</i> button on the <i>Home</i> tab is greyed out if no shape is selected, but as soon as you select one or more shapes it should light up. Is your experience different?
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Claus -- what is greyed out for you? The Change Shape button on the Home tab is greyed out if no shape is selected, but as soon as you select one or more shapes it should light up. Is your experience different?

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I have a rectangular shape selected. &nbsp;It's a particular color and contains text. &nbsp;However, now I need to change this from a rectangle to an oval, or something else. &nbsp;Is there any way to do this without having to create everything from scratch?
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I have a rectangular shape selected.  It's a particular color and contains text.  However, now I need to change this from a rectangle to an oval, or something else.  Is there any way to do this without having to create everything from scratch?

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