Microsoft KB Archive/285249

= Resize points stay rotated but the picture does not when opened in PowerPoint =

Article ID: 285249

Article Last Modified on 6/13/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q285249





SYMPTOMS
You rotate an image in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, or in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. Then, you save the presentation and then open the presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000. When you do this, the image is no longer rotated correctly. However, the resize points stay in the rotated position.

The image may be rotated 90, 180, or 270 degrees, or it may not be rotated at all.



CAUSE
PowerPoint 2000 does not support free rotation of images. Instead, PowerPoint 2000 displays the image rotated to the nearest 90 degrees. The resize points of the image remain at the points of the original rotation, and the resize points still allow you to freely resize the image.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, reset the resize points in PowerPoint 2000. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open your presentation in PowerPoint 2000.
 * 2) Select the rotated image, and then click Cut on the Edit menu.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
 * 4) Under As, click Picture, and then click OK.

The image remains at the closest 90 degree increment of rotation. However, the resize handles are now in their proper location.

To preserve the rotation of a picture in other than 90 degree increments when you open the presentation in PowerPoint 2000, follow these steps, as appropriate for the version of PowerPoint that you are running.

PowerPoint 2007

 * 1) Open your presentation in PowerPoint 2007.
 * 2) Select the rotated image, and then click the Home tab.
 * 3) In the Clipboard group, click Cut.
 * 4) In the Clipboard group, click the down arrow on the Paste button, and then click Paste Special.
 * 5) Click Picture, and then click OK.

PowerPoint 2002 and PowerPoint 2003

 * 1) Open your presentation in PowerPoint 2002 or in PowerPoint 2003.
 * 2) Select the rotated image, and then click Cut on the Edit menu.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
 * 4) Under As, click Picture, and then click OK.

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