Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes: Troubleshooting Grouping in PowerPoint

Created: Tuesday, August 3, 2021, posted by Geetesh at 4:16 pm

Updated: Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:18 am

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This happens when you are trying to group placeholders on a slide with other slide objects. Placeholders are special objects on a slide that are part of the slide layout. For example in a conventional bulleted slide, the title and text box are often placeholders, and these cannot be grouped with other inserted slide objects like shapes, pictures, or charts. Similarly, there are other grouping problems you may run into while using PowerPoint.

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Troubleshooting Grouping in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2002

Troubleshooting Grouping in PowerPoint

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