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preserving drawing objects
Using PPT 2003: I spent a while drawing an object using the line-curve tool
and edited it using the "edit points" tool. I continued editing and modifying it for different uses using the "edit points" tool. But then one day all of a sudden it's no longer editable. When I select it, the "edit points" tool is now greyed out and I can no longer edit the points on the object. The shape is now fixed. Curiously, I just opened it on another computer with PPT 2007 and it is editable, but it is not editable on PPT 2003. What is going on here? What could have I done to make the drawing object that I created no longer editable on 2003? And why is it still editable in 2007? Thanks Mark |
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preserving drawing objects
Did you happen to open the file in PPT 2007 and save it? If you do this, you
will no longer be able to enter Enter Points on the object in PPT 2003. There is a workaround to re-enable Edit Points in PPT 2003: copy the object, paste special as a metafile and ungroup it (twice, if I recall - once to convert from a metafile to a group of shapes and once to convert from a group to individual shapes). After doing this, you will be left with two object, one of which will be a shape that you can once again enter edit points on (feel free to delete the other). Bobby "Markie" wrote: Using PPT 2003: I spent a while drawing an object using the line-curve tool and edited it using the "edit points" tool. I continued editing and modifying it for different uses using the "edit points" tool. But then one day all of a sudden it's no longer editable. When I select it, the "edit points" tool is now greyed out and I can no longer edit the points on the object. The shape is now fixed. Curiously, I just opened it on another computer with PPT 2007 and it is editable, but it is not editable on PPT 2003. What is going on here? What could have I done to make the drawing object that I created no longer editable on 2003? And why is it still editable in 2007? Thanks Mark |
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preserving drawing objects
Yes, i think I have taken it back and forth between 2003 and 2007. But when
working in 2007, I always save it in 2003 format because I go back and forth between the two computers. As long as I keep the file in 2003 format, the object should remain editable in 2003, shouldn't it? "bkolba" wrote: Did you happen to open the file in PPT 2007 and save it? If you do this, you will no longer be able to enter Enter Points on the object in PPT 2003. There is a workaround to re-enable Edit Points in PPT 2003: copy the object, paste special as a metafile and ungroup it (twice, if I recall - once to convert from a metafile to a group of shapes and once to convert from a group to individual shapes). After doing this, you will be left with two object, one of which will be a shape that you can once again enter edit points on (feel free to delete the other). Bobby "Markie" wrote: Using PPT 2003: I spent a while drawing an object using the line-curve tool and edited it using the "edit points" tool. I continued editing and modifying it for different uses using the "edit points" tool. But then one day all of a sudden it's no longer editable. When I select it, the "edit points" tool is now greyed out and I can no longer edit the points on the object. The shape is now fixed. Curiously, I just opened it on another computer with PPT 2007 and it is editable, but it is not editable on PPT 2003. What is going on here? What could have I done to make the drawing object that I created no longer editable on 2003? And why is it still editable in 2007? Thanks Mark |
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preserving drawing objects
No. PowerPoint does some things to preserve appearance at the expense of
functionality. PowerPoint is not completely portable between 2003 and 2007 even when you save it in 2003 format. It could be considered a bug, since it should do what you say, but doesn't. Bill Dilworth "Markie" wrote in message ... Yes, i think I have taken it back and forth between 2003 and 2007. But when working in 2007, I always save it in 2003 format because I go back and forth between the two computers. As long as I keep the file in 2003 format, the object should remain editable in 2003, shouldn't it? "bkolba" wrote: Did you happen to open the file in PPT 2007 and save it? If you do this, you will no longer be able to enter Enter Points on the object in PPT 2003. There is a workaround to re-enable Edit Points in PPT 2003: copy the object, paste special as a metafile and ungroup it (twice, if I recall - once to convert from a metafile to a group of shapes and once to convert from a group to individual shapes). After doing this, you will be left with two object, one of which will be a shape that you can once again enter edit points on (feel free to delete the other). Bobby "Markie" wrote: Using PPT 2003: I spent a while drawing an object using the line-curve tool and edited it using the "edit points" tool. I continued editing and modifying it for different uses using the "edit points" tool. But then one day all of a sudden it's no longer editable. When I select it, the "edit points" tool is now greyed out and I can no longer edit the points on the object. The shape is now fixed. Curiously, I just opened it on another computer with PPT 2007 and it is editable, but it is not editable on PPT 2003. What is going on here? What could have I done to make the drawing object that I created no longer editable on 2003? And why is it still editable in 2007? Thanks Mark |
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