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Hi I wonder if someone can help.
I'm working on a slide in PowerPoint with the intention of dropping it into a Word document as an image.
The slide contains
A full slide size background colour
A text box
A smart art graphic
The problem is if I copy and paste the slide into the word document it pastes in just with the background and no text box or smart art. So I have tried to group the 3 items on the slide however PP wont let me do that, (group option is greyed out), It will however let me group the smart art and the background but not the text box.
Am I missing something very simple, or am I asking to much of PP?
Thanks
i3rink
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Answer accepted by question author
The "TextBox" is probably the placeholder. They're the ones that say "Click to add ...whatever"
Geetesh's method should work fine OR to select eveything press CTRL A then copy (CTRL C) and paste into word.
Answer accepted by question author
You could export the entire slide as a PNG graphic -- in the Save As dialog box in PowerPoint, choose PNG as the file type. If you want another option, you could also choose EMF.
Either of these exported graphics can be inserted in a Word document. In fact, for the PNG, you can also crop the image as required in Word.
Thanks Geetesh, worked perfectly!
You cannot group placeholders so I guess one of the items is in a placeholder. Can you not select all > copy and paste into word as an image?
Thanks for your reply John and forgive my ignorance but I'm not sure what a placeholder is in this context (textbox?)
Assuming I find out and I do have one of these as a placeholder, Is there any way to unmake it a placeholder?
If I select the slide at its outermost point and copy and paste it simply pastes an image of the background colour with no text box or smart art. I've tried playing around with the positioning of each element on the slide i.e send backwards bring forwards but with no success.
At this rate I may just copy over the image without the textbox and use word to give it it's title. It just doesn't look as good is all.
Thanks
i3rink
You cannot group placeholders so I guess one of the items is in a placeholder. Can you not select all > copy and paste into word as an image?