duplicating items in powerpoint

[Munchy]

Ever since I upgraded to windows vista I have been having a problem that is
driving me up the wall. Note that my version of powerpoint is the same. Only
the operating system is different.

I am creating presentations in powerpoint. Some have graphics, text, etc...
you know how it works. Sometimes you like to move stuff around, change the
color, font, size, line weight... the first thing you have to do is to click
on the object. Everytime I click on an object, powerpoint is creating a
duplicate of that object beneath it. Sometimes when I make more than one
modification, I have 4 or 5 copies of whatever that object is directly
beneath the object. Of course, you don't realize they are there, until you
try to animate or move the object. Now you have to delete all of the
duplicates beneth is. Thnis is causing me to put in a lot of unnecessary
extra work. It took me 10 minutes to fix one issue because it had created 6
copies of an object and it had applied some characteristics to each of the
copies, instead of applying all of the characteristics to one object like I
wanted it to. Can someone help me make this stop?!?!

Thanks,
Scott

 

[Echo S]

Shapes move when I click them (VISTA)
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00882.htm

Probably you're pressing Ctrl while you select objects, and that's what
creates the duplicate. But the real problem is the shapes moving when you
select them.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
(New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html

 

[Munchy]

I believe I am pressing ctrl but I am trying to select several at once. Is
there another way to select several objects without creating this duplication?

Thanks!

Shapes move when I click them (VISTA)
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00882.htm

Probably you're pressing Ctrl while you select objects, and that's what
creates the duplicate. But the real problem is the shapes moving when you
select them.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
(New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html

Ever since I upgraded to windows vista I have been having a problem that
is
driving me up the wall. Note that my version of powerpoint is the same.
Only
the operating system is different.

I am creating presentations in powerpoint. Some have graphics, text,
etc...
you know how it works. Sometimes you like to move stuff around, change the
color, font, size, line weight... the first thing you have to do is to
click
on the object. Everytime I click on an object, powerpoint is creating a
duplicate of that object beneath it. Sometimes when I make more than one
modification, I have 4 or 5 copies of whatever that object is directly
beneath the object. Of course, you don't realize they are there, until you
try to animate or move the object. Now you have to delete all of the
duplicates beneth is. Thnis is causing me to put in a lot of unnecessary
extra work. It took me 10 minutes to fix one issue because it had created
6
copies of an object and it had applied some characteristics to each of the
copies, instead of applying all of the characteristics to one object like
I
wanted it to. Can someone help me make this stop?!?!

Thanks,
Scott

 

[Munchy]

Hey! I didn't realize that you had posted websites. I followed one of the
links, and I was able to fix the problem! Thanks!!!!

Shapes move when I click them (VISTA)
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00882.htm

Probably you're pressing Ctrl while you select objects, and that's what
creates the duplicate. But the real problem is the shapes moving when you
select them.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
(New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html

Ever since I upgraded to windows vista I have been having a problem that
is
driving me up the wall. Note that my version of powerpoint is the same.
Only
the operating system is different.

I am creating presentations in powerpoint. Some have graphics, text,
etc...
you know how it works. Sometimes you like to move stuff around, change the
color, font, size, line weight... the first thing you have to do is to
click
on the object. Everytime I click on an object, powerpoint is creating a
duplicate of that object beneath it. Sometimes when I make more than one
modification, I have 4 or 5 copies of whatever that object is directly
beneath the object. Of course, you don't realize they are there, until you
try to animate or move the object. Now you have to delete all of the
duplicates beneth is. Thnis is causing me to put in a lot of unnecessary
extra work. It took me 10 minutes to fix one issue because it had created
6
copies of an object and it had applied some characteristics to each of the
copies, instead of applying all of the characteristics to one object like
I
wanted it to. Can someone help me make this stop?!?!

Thanks,
Scott

 

[Echo S]

Ah, good, glad you got it worked out.

As a matter of fact, though, you can select multiple objects by clicking and
dragging your mouse over them. For example, click near on the lower right
corner of the slide, then, with the mouse button still depressed, drag your
mouse cursor to the upper left corner of the slide and then let go. Any
objects that fall completely inside the selection rectangle (often referred
to as a "marquee") will be selected.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
(New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html

Hey! I didn't realize that you had posted websites. I followed one of the
links, and I was able to fix the problem! Thanks!!!!

Shapes move when I click them (VISTA)
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00882.htm

Probably you're pressing Ctrl while you select objects, and that's what
creates the duplicate. But the real problem is the shapes moving when you
select them.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
(New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html

Ever since I upgraded to windows vista I have been having a problem
that
is
driving me up the wall. Note that my version of powerpoint is the same.
Only
the operating system is different.

I am creating presentations in powerpoint. Some have graphics, text,
etc...
you know how it works. Sometimes you like to move stuff around, change
the
color, font, size, line weight... the first thing you have to do is to
click
on the object. Everytime I click on an object, powerpoint is creating a
duplicate of that object beneath it. Sometimes when I make more than
one
modification, I have 4 or 5 copies of whatever that object is directly
beneath the object. Of course, you don't realize they are there, until
you
try to animate or move the object. Now you have to delete all of the
duplicates beneth is. Thnis is causing me to put in a lot of
unnecessary
extra work. It took me 10 minutes to fix one issue because it had
created
6
copies of an object and it had applied some characteristics to each of
the
copies, instead of applying all of the characteristics to one object
like
I
wanted it to. Can someone help me make this stop?!?!

Thanks,
Scott