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Resized pictures in a group are unexpectedly resized when you copy and then paste the group between Office 2008 for Mac programs

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Article ID: 946971 - Last Review: October 6, 2011 - Revision: 2.0

Resized pictures in a group are unexpectedly resized when you copy and then paste the group between Office 2008 for Mac programs

SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario in a Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac program. You copy a group of objects. This group contains one or more pictures that you resized. Then, you paste this group into another Office 2008 for Mac program. In this scenario, the pictures in the group are unexpectedly resized.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not group resized pictures and other objects or other pictures. Instead, select all the objects and all the pictures, and then copy them. Do not group them.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition
  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition
  • Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 for Mac
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