Microsoft KB Archive/155484

= PowerPoint Custom Object Fills and Word's Picture Editor =

Article ID: 155484

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q155484



SYMPTOMS
If you use Word's picture editor to edit a non-rectangular object created in PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 that contains one of PowerPoint's custom fills, the fill takes on a rectangular shape outside of the original object's boundaries.



CAUSE
This happens to non-rectangular PowerPoint 7.0 objects when they contain fills that are not solid colors or patterns. This happens when the PowerPoint 7.0 object is copied and pasted, or dragged and dropped into a Word 7.0 document. The picture editor in Word does not correctly process the custom fills created by PowerPoint tools.



RESOLUTION
If you need to edit a non-rectangular PowerPoint drawing object, copy and paste it into PowerPoint. Edit the object in PowerPoint, then copy and paste it back into your Word document.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

Additional query words: w_word w_powerpt ppt7 ppt95 word7 word95

Keywords: kbinterop kbprb kbgraphic KB155484

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