Having trouble closing my circle text

Question

I'm using Microsoft Powerpoint 2010 to make some text boxes for a slideshow. I know how to use the Transform section to make circular text shapes, but I'm having trouble making a complete circle. I'm making a "Saturday Night Live" type logos, only having 3 words in them. How can I complete or close the circle of text so that I don't have half a circle or the text doubled in the logo. I only want it to say the three words once and be a full circle.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

It comes down to using the combination of the correct font size, size of the text box, and setting the contour marker (the purple diamond) correctly. There are three steps I'd try:

1. Make sure the purple contour marker is set to full circle - otherwise you'll end up with an arch instead. Move it around, and you'll see the two arches converge to a circle - that's what you want
2. Resize the text box to fit the space you want your final shape to take
3. Increase / decrease the font size to make the text occupy the full circumference of the circle, avoiding partial arches / doubled text

Does this help at all?