1x1 Table generates Page gif

[tomZ]

G'day
Publisher 2000 on win98 PC

I am trying to assist a Publisher user via email, so I'm trying to
recreate the problem(s) and find a solution I can pass along.
As best as I can tell, when first starting their webpage in
publisher, a 1 row x 1 col table (possibly outline?) was drawn
encompassing their entire webpage. All objects were then placed in
the 'table'. When the finished work is published as a webpage, one
large gif is generated of the entire webpage with links intact. I
was able to ascertain this by looking at their webpage source and
the info provided by:
<http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/columns/column16.asp#graphic>
....at the very bottom.....
"Hint If you want to make the entire page of objects and text as a
.gif image draw a 1 × 1 table that covers the entire page. Any
objects, such as text frames, pictures, or autoshapes, in this table
will be converted to a single graphic, making the entire page as one
object."

I have been able to partially recreate the problem by encompassing
all the test objects in a 1 x 1 table after the fact, although links
are lost.

The question is:
Is there a safe way to undo the first step of the table/outline
without losing all the objects?
Or do all objects have to be grouped, saved, and then delete table
(with contents) and paste back grouped objects?
Or does he have to start over?

Thanks for any insight or suggestions.

Cheers,
tomZ
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[tomZ]

I found the Design Checker. DOH!

The problem was NOT with one table/outline in the background, but a
combination of:
a) Text boxes on top of individual coloured rectangles.
and
b) Line "separators" touching text boxes.

The combination was enough to treat ALL the text boxes (and objects)
as on big graphic (as highlighted and explained using the Design
Checker

Cheers,
tomZ

......NOW with a better understanding of "look before you leap" 8^O

G'day
Publisher 2000 on win98 PC

I am trying to assist a Publisher user via email, so I'm trying to
recreate the problem(s) and find a solution I can pass along.
As best as I can tell, when first starting their webpage in publisher, a
1 row x 1 col table (possibly outline?) was drawn encompassing their
entire webpage. All objects were then placed in the 'table'. When the
finished work is published as a webpage, one large gif is generated of
the entire webpage with links intact. I was able to ascertain this by
looking at their webpage source and the info provided by:
<http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/columns/column16.asp#graphic>
....at the very bottom.....
"Hint If you want to make the entire page of objects and text as a .gif
image draw a 1 × 1 table that covers the entire page. Any objects, such
as text frames, pictures, or autoshapes, in this table will be converted
to a single graphic, making the entire page as one object."

I have been able to partially recreate the problem by encompassing all
the test objects in a 1 x 1 table after the fact, although links are lost.

The question is:
Is there a safe way to undo the first step of the table/outline without
losing all the objects?
Or do all objects have to be grouped, saved, and then delete table (with
contents) and paste back grouped objects?
Or does he have to start over?

Thanks for any insight or suggestions.

Cheers,
tomZ
.......with a better understanding of "trial by fire".

--
If you spam my mailbox, you agree to accept any response I deem
appropriate.
Keep SIGNATURE AGREEMENT before replying.
"Any business model that relies on 'caveat emptor' is not ethical."
(aka Sony)
This posting may not be reversed engineered. My keyboard is proprietary.