PPT97: Title/Body Placeholders Don't Group with Other Objects

ID: Q190381

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you select several objects on a slide and your selection includes the Title object and/or the Body Text object, the Group command on the Draw menu (on the Drawing toolbar) is unavailable (dimmed).

RESOLUTION

If you want to make a group that includes the Title or Body Text objects, copy all the existing objects on the slide to a new slide using the blank AutoLayout and then you can group them.

1. On the Edit menu, click Select All.

2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

3. On the Edit menu, click New Slide.

4. In the New Slide dialog box, choose the Blank AutoLayout.

5. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special, then click Objects.

You can now select any combination of the objects on this slide and group them together.

NOTE: Empty Title and Body Text placeholders cannot be grouped together or grouped with other objects, even when copied to a new blank slide.

Additional query words: 8.00 powerpt powerpnt title text bulleted placeholder group windows ppt8

Keywords          : kbusage
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 29, 1998