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OFF98: Problem Rotating Patterned Fills in Office Art

Article ID: 186058

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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SYMPTOMS

When you rotate an Office Art drawing object or AutoShape that contains a textured or patterned fill, the fill pattern stays in its original orientation and does not rotate.

CAUSE

The patterned fills are actually made up of tiled bitmaps, which cannot be rotated in the Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition programs.

REFERENCES

For more information about rotating AutoShapes, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, and type the following text

AutoShapes, rotating and flipping

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Rotate or flip a drawing object" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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