PPT97: Placeholder Does Not Retain Shape if OLE Server Not Found

ID: Q157504

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you change the AutoShape of an object placeholder and then double-click it to insert an OLE object, the placeholder does not retain the AutoShape. Instead, it reverts to the original placeholder shape (a rectangle).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 97 8.00 auto shape place holder

Keywords          : kbole kbusage
Version           : WINDOWS:97; MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 30, 1998