PPT97: Cropped PowerPoint Slide Shrinks When Edited (165723)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q165723 SYMPTOMS
If you paste a PowerPoint 97 slide into a Word 97 document, crop the slide
object, and then double-click it, the PowerPoint slide shrinks. Every time
you try to edit the PowerPoint slide object, it shrinks further.
This symptom is most noticeable if you crop the PowerPoint slide object
so that it is a very different shape. The closer the cropped shape is to
the shape of the original slide, the less noticeable this symptom is.
WORKAROUND
If you edit a cropped PowerPoint 97 slide object and it shrinks, restore
the object using these steps:
- Immediately after you edit the slide object, click anywhere in the
slide area and then click Undo Object on the Edit menu. This
procedure restores the slide object to its original size, but it
discards any changes you made to it.
- Right-click the slide object. Point to Slide Object on the menu that
appears, and then click Open. PowerPoint starts and the slide appears.
- Make any changes you want to the slide.
- On the File menu, click Update.
- On the File menu, click Close & Return to <document name>, where
<document name> is the name of your file.
PowerPoint closes and you return to your Word 97 document. The
cropped slide image will be updated and its size will not be changed.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
There are two ways to edit an OLE object (such as a PowerPoint slide
object) in Word 97: in-place editing and open editing. This problem
occurs only when you edit the object in-place.
Editing an Object In-Place
Double-click the object. The Word toolbars and menus change to those of
the program that created the object, but you can still see the other
text and graphics in your document. When you are done editing the
object, click outside it. The toolbars and menus change back to those of
Word 97.
Editing an Object by Opening the Program (Open Editing)
Right-click the OLE object, point to the object type on the menu that
appears, and then click Open. This starts a new session of the program
that created the OLE object. When you are done editing the object, click
Update on the File menu, and then click Close (or Exit) & Return on the
File menu. When the slide object is closed, you will be in the Word document
where you can see your changes.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbinterop kbprb KB165723 |
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