Microsoft KB Archive/196810

= PPT97: Inserted Pictures Change Position when Slide is Exported =

Article ID: 196810

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q196810



SYMPTOMS
When you save or export your PowerPoint slides that contain several pictures inserted by either Microsoft Clip Gallery, a file, or the clipboard in any graphics format (WMF, GIF, PNG, or JPEG), these pictures may appear to be scattered about randomly on the resulting exported graphics.



Workaround 1 - Convert Vector Graphics into Office Drawing Objects
Note: The following steps pertain to all vector objcets within the slide you are attepting to export as a graphic file.
 * 1) Open the Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation from which you are attempting to export the slides as graphic images.
 * 2) Switch to the slide you wish to export.
 * 3) Select a vector image on your slide.
 * 4) On the Draw menu, click Ungroup.

NOTE: If the Ungroup command is unavailable, then the selection is not a vector graphic.
 * 1) Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all vector images on your slide are ungrouped.
 * 2) Export the slide.

Workaround 2 - Grouping All of the Images on the Slide
To group all of the images on the slide, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open the Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation from which you are attempting to export the slides as graphic images.
 * 2) Switch to the slide you want to export.
 * 3) From the Edit menu, click Select All.
 * 4) From the Draw menu, click Group.
 * 5) Export the slide.



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

Additional query words: ppt ppt97 ppt8 8.0 power point powerpnt slide exporting exported JPEG shifted moved different organized disorganized rearranged modified dropped shifter left right up down top bottom screen lost

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB196810

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