Microsoft KB Archive/101740

Publisher Can't Reverse Changes to Embedded Objects

= Publisher Can't Reverse Changes to Embedded Objects =

Q101740
--- The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a - Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0 - Microsoft Works version 3.0 ---

SYMPTOMS

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If you edit an embedded object, you cannot reverse the changes you have made. The Undo command is unavailable (dimmed).

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Publisher versions 2.0, 2.0a and 3.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

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Steps to Reproduce Problem --

1. From the Publisher Edit menu, choose Insert Object. Select PowerPoint Slide and choose OK.

2. PowerPoint appears. Type text or draw shapes on the slide.

3. From the PowerPoint File menu, choose Exit & Return. PowerPoint closes.

4. In Publisher, pull down the Edit menu and note that the Undo command is active (it says Undo Insert Object).

5. Double-click the embedded object.

6. In PowerPoint, make a change to the slide. From PowerPoint's File menu, choose Exit & Return.

7. In Publisher, pull down the Edit menu. Notice that the Undo command is no longer active. You cannot reverse the edit you have just made.

Additional query words: 2.00 mspub pub20 win31 ole object linking 2.00a 3.00 pub3 and embedding object-linking-and-embedding editing