Microsoft KB Archive/140741

= WD: Can't Change Orientation of PowerPoint Slide in Word 7.0 =

Article ID: 140741

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q140741



SYMPTOMS
After you insert a Microsoft PowerPoint slide object into a Word document, you cannot change the orientation of the slide using Word's in-place editing capabilities.



CAUSE
PowerPoint uses the internal defaults for new presentations using the Template, Pick A Look Wizard, or AutoContent Wizard options. The orientation and size information is not supplied from the specified template file, but from the internal PowerPoint defaults. Word 7.0 is relying on PowerPoint's internal defaults by design.

PowerPoint 7.0 uses the saved information in the Blank Presentation.Pot file only when you choose the blank presentation option. The Pick A Look Wizard asks specifically for the type of output for this presentation; however, a custom size is not an option.



RESOLUTION
To change the orientation of your slide object, use one of the following methods:

Method 1: Create the slide in PowerPoint, then insert the slide object in your Word document. To insert the slide object in a Word document, do the following:  On the Word Insert menu, click Object. Click the Create From File tab.

Method 2: Edit the slide in Open Edit mode instead of In-place edit mode:

Word 97

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 With the right mouse button, click the PowerPoint slide object in the Word Document. On the menu that appears, point to Slide Object and then click Open. On the File menu, click Page Setup.</li> Change the slide orientation to Portrait, and click OK.</li> On the File menu, click "Close and Return to <Document Name>."</li></ol>

Word 7.0

 With the right mouse button, click the PowerPoint slide object in the Word Document.</li> On the menu that appears, click Open Slide.</li> On the File menu, click Slide Setup.</li> Change the orientation to Portrait.</li> On the File menu, click "Close and Return to <Document Name>."</li></ol>

For additional information on PowerPoint 95's Templates, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120956 PPT: Presentations Using Template Ignores Default Settings

135731 OFF95: location of Templates and Wizard Files

Additional query words: 7.0 word7 word95 embed link portrait landscape modify alter orientation change rotate winword word97 7.0a

Keywords: kbinterop kbprb KB140741

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