Microsoft KB Archive/120161

PPT4: Limitation on Number of Objects Per Slide

PSS ID Number: Q120161 Article last modified on 07-08-1998

windows:3.0,4.0; macintosh:3.0,4.0,98

MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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When copying and pasting objects onto a slide in PowerPoint, you may receive the following error message:

Sorry, the slide has too many objects to perform the operation.

This error occurs because there is a limitation to the number of objects that can be placed on a slide in PowerPoint.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition.

= MORE INFORMATION =

There is a limit of 2048 objects that can be pasted to a PowerPoint slide.

Whether objects are grouped or not, they are still counted as separate objects. Therefore, a slide may have what appears to be only 15 clip art objects on it, yet the 2048-object limit has been reached, so PowerPoint will not allow you to paste another image.

Additional query words: 4.0 powerpt power winppt macppt ====================================================================== Keywords : kberrmsg kbgraphic Version : windows:3.0,4.0; macintosh:3.0,4.0,98 Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS Hardware : MAC x86 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.