Thanks to you both for your answers.

Adrian: I had found this feature already, the problem is that it makes the
text fit to the frame both horizontally and vertically.
This implies that the fonts are deformed for this purpose and that text
that used to fit over several lines is squished onto a single line.
Collaterally, bullets seem to go all over the place (text is written over
the bullet).

The behaviour I am looking for (which is the one in PP, not a random fancy
of mine ;-) ), is that by default the text is a given size, and if the text
becomes too high to fit within a frame, the font sizes are decreased (but at
all times, wrap around works normally).

Michele: Thanks, following your suggestion, I looked at the macro option. So
far, I found out that:
- increase/decrease font options exist in Writer, but not in Impress as far
as I could find out (why??)
- somebody has written a macro to do what I want in Writer [1], but it looks
quite complicated, and I would rather avoid wasting several days on this..

And as to whether we like this feature, I do think too that it is a matter
of taste: I don't want a tool to dictate me what it considers as "good
style", and want to be able to get everything I want into the page, and then
assess whether this is too much. But I do understand your points too !

Thanks again,
Mélanie

[1] http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ShrinkToFit.sxw

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