Microsoft KB Archive/190381

= PPT97: Group Command Unavailable When Placeholder Is Selected =

Article ID: 190381

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 Q190381





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.

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