Microsoft KB Archive/296808

= Style changes when you copy and paste a text box grouped with another shape =

Article ID: 296808

Article Last Modified on 9/26/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q296808



SYMPTOMS
When you group a text box with another shape and then copy and paste the group as a picture, the text style changes.



CAUSE
This problem occurs with versions of Powerpnt.exe that are equal to or later than 9.0.0.4527. To determine the version of Powerpnt.exe that your computer is running, follow these steps:  Start PowerPoint and open any document. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and then click Visual Basic Editor. In the Visual Basic Editor, click Immediate Window on the View menu. In the Immediate window, type the following text, and then press ENTER:

?application.build





RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 How to obtain the latest Office 2000 service pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date        Time      Version     Size       File name          Platform 05/23/2001 1:13:48a  0.0.0.0000  1,261,056  Powerpnt.msp        x86 05/23/2001 2:12:56a  0.0.0.0000  2,456,576  Powerpnt_Admin.msp  x86 05/23/2001 1:28:32a  0.0.0.0000      2,912  Readme.txt          x86

After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date        Time      Version     Size       File name          Platform 05/21/2001 2:38:52p  9.0.0.5318  4,251,700  Powerpnt.exe       x86 06/30/2000 3:59:44p  0.0.0.0000      4,096  Pptsec.mst         x86 05/16/2000 2:10:30p  0.0.0.0000    476,672  Ppttools.ppa       x86

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3).

Additional query words: ppt2000 ppt2k textbox font group paste problem

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kboffice2000sp3fix kbhotfixserver KB296808

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