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Paste textbox from Powerpoint to Word as an editable control

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Mar 15, 20269580 views
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Problem

I have a Powerpoint 2007 file that contains a number of textboxes and shapes with text on them. I can edit, resize, change the text, etc. in these boxes in Powerpoint. However, if I select an item, copy it, and paste it into a Word 2007 document, I can't edit it. I can resize the entire thing, but …

Error Output

The MS Office Art graphics engine (aka Escher 2) is new to MS Office 2007 and while fully implemented in Excel and Powerpoint is
only partially imple…

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Fix for: Paste textbox from Powerpoint to Word as an editable control

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In Word 2010 select the dropdown menu under Paste Then select Microsoft Powerpoint object

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