how do you change autoshapes in publisher - not a valid measure

[brownang]

Every time I try to change the properties of an autoshape a message comes up
saying this is not a valid measurement.

 

[Mary Sauer]

What are the measurements? Do you get the same pop-up when you manually resize the
object?

 

[brownang]

You can't get past the pop up. It appears to happen when you use the webpage
wizard and set the design at the start.

 

[David Bartosik]

back-up here and give some details starting with what version you are using.

walk us thru what you are doing- what wizard you pick and then tell us the
steps we need so we can try and see what you see by duplicating your steps.

 

[brownang]

Publisher 2003.
Choose Websites & email then 3 page website. Select one of the templates.
When you try to select a shape to change its colour it's then you get the
'not a valid measurement' error.
(However, it could be that the technicians have disabled something as it is
run from a school network).

back-up here and give some details starting with what version you are using.

walk us thru what you are doing- what wizard you pick and then tell us the
steps we need so we can try and see what you see by duplicating your steps.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

You can't get past the pop up. It appears to happen when you use the webpage
wizard and set the design at the start.

 

[David Bartosik]

Are you right clicking the existing shape, selecting format object, then
going to the colors and lines tab, selecting Fill, Color, and selecting a new
color and clicking ok?
BTW - what I just wrote is what I mean by "detailed steps".
If that is what you are doing, all I can say is that I cannot repro your
issue.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

Publisher 2003.
Choose Websites & email then 3 page website. Select one of the templates.
When you try to select a shape to change its colour it's then you get the
'not a valid measurement' error.
(However, it could be that the technicians have disabled something as it is
run from a school network).

back-up here and give some details starting with what version you are using.

walk us thru what you are doing- what wizard you pick and then tell us the
steps we need so we can try and see what you see by duplicating your steps.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

You can't get past the pop up. It appears to happen when you use the webpage
wizard and set the design at the start.

:

What are the measurements? Do you get the same pop-up when you manually resize the
object?

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
Every time I try to change the properties of an autoshape a message comes up
saying this is not a valid measurement.