PPT97: Can't Type Text Into OLE Object Placeholder (157423)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q157423

SUMMARY

In Microsoft PowerPoint 97, if you create a slide that contains a placeholder for a specific type of OLE object (a graph, a Word table, an organization chart, a media clip, or a piece of clip art) and then try to type in that placeholder, nothing happens. If you create a slide that contains a generic object placeholder and then type into that placeholder, your text appears.

This behavior is different from PowerPoint 7.0. In PowerPoint 7.0, you can type text into any placeholder.

MORE INFORMATION

PowerPoint 97 has three different types of placeholders:
  • Text placeholders (the Title and Body Text placeholders)
  • Generic placeholders
  • Specific OLE placeholders.
You can type directly into text and generic placeholders, but not placeholders for specific OLE objects.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/9/2000
Keywords:kbprb KB157423
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