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PPT97: Placeholder Does Not Retain Shape if OLE Server Not Found

Article ID: 157504

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000


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SYMPTOMS

If you change the AutoShape of an object placeholder and then double-click it to insert an OLE object, the placeholder does not retain the AutoShape. Instead, it reverts to the original placeholder shape (a rectangle).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 97 8.00 auto shape place holder

Keywords: kbprb kbusage KB157504