Microsoft KB Archive/119844

Organization Chart Object Disappears When Object Ungrouped

PSS ID Number: Q119844 Article last modified on 05-17-1998

windows:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c == Microsoft Organization Chart for Windows, version 1.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

If you ungroup an Organization Chart object in PowerPoint, the object may disappear.

= CAUSE =

This problem occurs if you created the Organization Chart object while PowerPoint was in a view percentage greater than 75 percent.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint for Windows versions 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0c. This problem was corrected in PowerPoint version 7.0 for Windows 95.

= WORKAROUNDS =

Method 1: Prevent the Problem
To prevent the problem from occurring, set the zoom to 75 percent or less before you start the Organization Chart application.

When the object is returned to PowerPoint, you can zoom to any percentage you want, and the ungroup feature works as expected.

Method 2: Correct the Problem
To correct the problem after you have already created an Organization Chart while viewing your PowerPoint slide at greater than 75 percent:

  From PowerPoint, double-click the existing Organization Chart object.   Save the Organization Chart object as an .OPX file.   Exit Organization Chart and return to the presentation without updating.   From the toolbar in PowerPoint, set the zoom percentage to 75 percent or less.   Delete the existing Organization Object from the slide. </li>  Click the Organization Chart icon on the toolbar. </li>  From the File menu in Organization Chart, choose Open. </li>  From the Open Chart dialog box, locate the saved .OPX file and click OK. </li>  From the Edit menu, choose Select, then select All. </li>  From the Edit menu, choose Copy. </li>  From the Window menu, select Object In Presentation. </li>  Click each individual box (provided as the default Organization Chart object when you first started Organization Chart), and delete each box until there is only one left. Click the last box in the Organization Chart to make it active, but don’t delete it. </li>  From the Edit menu, select Paste Boxes. NOTE: The paste operation adds the copied boxes to the remaining single-box Organization Chart. </li>  Click the box that was originally provided when launching Organization Chart (the box that was left in step l [L]) and delete it. </li>  From the File menu, choose Exit And Return To Presentation. A message appears that states: This object has been changed. Do you want to Update Object in Presentation1 before proceeding? </li>  Click the Yes button. </li></ol>

You can now ungroup the Organization Chart object, and the object will act as expected. (

= MORE INFORMATION =

When this problem occurs, several things have happened to the Organization Chart object:


 * The boxes and text have been separated from each other. The text is together but is a few inches to the right of the Organization Chart boxes. The boxes are to the far left of the object’s placeholder.
 * The pieces of the object have been ungrouped from each other.
 * The object is now the same height as it was before it was ungrouped, but its width is now the width of the entire work area.
 * Attempts to move the object or its text back to the slide area fail because the object is as wide as the entire work area.

If you start Organization Chart from PowerPoint, save the Organization Chart object as an .OPX file, and exit Organization Chart without updating the PowerPoint presentation, the above characteristics are retained by the Organization Chart object.

The same ungrouping problems occur as soon as you insert the .OPX file in a PowerPoint file and ungroup it.

Additional query words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00c power point powerpt orgchart org chart ====================================================================== Keywords : kbole kborg kbbuglist kbfixlist Version : windows:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c Platform : WINDOWS Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.