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PPT97: Cannot Rotate Master Slide Title or Text Placeholders

Article ID: 166317

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q166317

SYMPTOMS

The Free Rotate button on the Drawing toolbar is unavailable (grayed out) when the Master Title or Master Text placeholders on the Slide or Title Master is selected. In contrast, the Free Rotate button is available when the Data, Footer, and Number placeholders are selected.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about interactive presentations, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in PowerPoint Help, type the following text

masters, slide

double-click the selected text, and then double-click "the slide master" to go to the "Slide master" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: 97 ppt97 8.0 draw rotate flip gray

Keywords: kbtemplate kbprb KB166317