SmartArt scale image

[agibsonsw]

Hello. When using SmartArt for Pictures, the pictures seem to be either stretched of cropped. Is there somewhere to control what it does for each image?

Also, some guy has inverted his SmartArt , how do we then invert the text so that it can be read please? Text Direction doesn't cut it.

[agibsonsw]

I found this link to fix the rotation, I'm not sure what part "Keep text flat" in this? It just seems to say "ignore the 3D rotation".

I think I have a solution to the scaled image in SmartArt as well. I copied an image onto the slide, resized it, then pasted it into the SmartArt shape.

[HansV]

"Keep text flat" means that 3D rotation will not be applied to the text, only to the shape.

[agibsonsw]

"Keep text flat" means that 3D rotation will not be applied to the text, only to the shape.

That's what I assumed ;) and makes sense.

The link I provided was talking about Text Effects (on the Format tab), 3D Rotation, and 3D-Rotation Options, but the same options, including "Keep text flat" appear in the equivalent dialog for Shape Effects. Ticking "Keep text flat" from Text Effects cancels any attempt to rotate the text, Doh!

What it appears that they've done is simply to copy and paste the dialog, cheeky MS. Anyway, this accounts for my confusion.