[BenT]

I'm running Vista and Office Small Business 2007.
In word, I am unable to group a photo with text boxes and shapes. I am able to group them if I first save the photo as a 2003 XP compatible document.
Is this a bug or what am I doing wrong?
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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

This is a known issue. The other work-around is to place the objects onto
the drawing canvas. Once grouped and removed from the canvas (or converted
back into a Word 2007 docx document), those objects can now be ungrouped,
regrouped, etc. However, the newer Picture Tools - Format ribbon will not be
available for them. And, any pictures subsequently inserted will not be
groupable (until/unless they've been "laundered" in a similar way).

I don't know if this is a bug or if it's a "feature". It's related to the
new graphics "engine" being used in Word 2007. I don't know if this will be
fixed in a future release, or if we're stuck with it.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"BenT" wrote in message
...
I'm running Vista and Office Small Business 2007.
In word, I am unable to group a photo with text boxes and shapes. I am able
to group them if I first save the photo as a 2003 XP compatible document.
Is this a bug or what am I doing wrong?
Bent

[BenT]

Thanks Herb, for the other work-around and the information. Much appreciated.
Bent

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ...
This is a known issue. The other work-around is to place the objects onto
the drawing canvas. Once grouped and removed from the canvas (or converted
back into a Word 2007 docx document), those objects can now be ungrouped,
regrouped, etc. However, the newer Picture Tools - Format ribbon will not be
available for them. And, any pictures subsequently inserted will not be
groupable (until/unless they've been "laundered" in a similar way).

I don't know if this is a bug or if it's a "feature". It's related to the
new graphics "engine" being used in Word 2007. I don't know if this will be
fixed in a future release, or if we're stuck with it.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"BenT" wrote in message
...
I'm running Vista and Office Small Business 2007.
In word, I am unable to group a photo with text boxes and shapes. I am able
to group them if I first save the photo as a 2003 XP compatible document.
Is this a bug or what am I doing wrong?
Bent