Style changes when you copy and paste a text box grouped with another shape

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This article was previously published under Q296808

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SYMPTOMS

When you group a text box with another shape and then copy and paste the group as a picture, the text style changes.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs with versions of Powerpnt.exe that are equal to or later than 9.0.0.4527. To determine the version of Powerpnt.exe that your computer is running, follow these steps:

Start PowerPoint and open any document.
On the Tools menu, point to Macro and then click Visual Basic Editor.
In the Visual Basic Editor, click Immediate Window on the View menu.
In the Immediate window, type the following text, and then press ENTER:
?application.build

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276367/ ) How to obtain the latest Office 2000 service pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time      Version     Size       File name          Platform
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   05/23/2001  1:13:48a  0.0.0.0000  1,261,056  Powerpnt.msp        x86
   05/23/2001  2:12:56a  0.0.0.0000  2,456,576  Powerpnt_Admin.msp  x86
   05/23/2001  1:28:32a  0.0.0.0000      2,912  Readme.txt          x86

After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:

   Date        Time      Version     Size       File name          Platform
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   05/21/2001  2:38:52p  9.0.0.5318  4,251,700  Powerpnt.exe       x86
   06/30/2000  3:59:44p  0.0.0.0000      4,096  Pptsec.mst         x86
   05/16/2000  2:10:30p  0.0.0.0000    476,672  Ppttools.ppa       x86

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3).

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