Ungrouping Slide Objects
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2002, 2003
Date Created: April 14th 2009
Last Updated: April 14th 2009
Excerpt/Capsule: This tutorial shows how to ungroup objects on a slide.
Before starting this tutorial, make sure you have a group of slide objects. You can learn how to group in PowerPoint 2003 or earlier version here.
Thereafter, follow these steps to ungroup objects in PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 -- for a PowerPoint 2007 specific version of this tutorial, look here:
- Select the group on the slide, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Grouped object on slide
- Now choose either of these options to ungroup the objects:
- Right-click the selected objects carefully to bring up the contextual menu that you can see in Figure 2. Then choose the Grouping | Ungroup option.
Figure 2: Ungroup
- Alternatively, access PowerPoint's Drawing toolbar, and choose Draw | Ungroup, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: Ungroup
Note: If the Drawing toolbar is not visible (normally at the bottom of the PowerPoint interface, above the status bar), choose View | Toolbars | Drawing. This is a toggle option that alternatively shows and hides the Drawing toolbar. Learn more about the PowerPoint 2003 interface here..
- The easiest option is to use the shortcut key: Ctrl + Shift + H -- see more shortcut keys here...
- Right-click the selected objects carefully to bring up the contextual menu that you can see in Figure 2. Then choose the Grouping | Ungroup option.
- Save your presentation.
Problems with Ungrouping? See our Ungrouping in PowerPoint Troubleshooting page...
Related Link: Learn how to do more with AutoShapes in this free excerpt from my book: Cutting Edge PowerPoint For Dummies -- read a free chapter called AutoShape Magic here...
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