Office 2007 Clipart Won't Ungroup

[Angie]

I just got Office 2007 and I can't get my clipart to ungroup or group. This
is a feature I used all the time in old versions. I used it to delete parts
of the clipart I didn't want or to change the colors of certain parts of the
image. Please someone help!!!

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Angie,

Is this is a new document or one you opened from a prior version?
Which Office 2007 app are you in and what are the exact steps you're using?

(Only certain clipart types (WMF/EMF for example) support being modified if they start as a single item).
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I just got Office 2007 and I can't get my clipart to ungroup or group. This
is a feature I used all the time in old versions. I used it to delete parts
of the clipart I didn't want or to change the colors of certain parts of the
image. Please someone help!!!>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Mary Sauer]

Bob, as near as I can tell this feature is gone from Word... I have tried
everything. You can ungroup drawings you make within Word, but you cannot
ungroup clipart.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Mary,

In Word it's a bit of trying to figure out where 'Escher 2', the new graphics engine/features are supported and where they've kept
alive the older engine featueres

There are a couple of variations, some dependent on where the clipar in the organizer came from See if this works.

1. In Word 2007 select Insert=>Clipart

2. Search for 'pie' (all collections all media types)

3. Select a WMF file and insert it in the drawing
(I usedj0233497.wmf among others)

4. Right click the inserted graphic and set Text Wrapping to Inline with text (you can change it later, but this should allow step 5
to be active).

5. Right click on the inserted graphic and choose Edit Picture, this basically puts a drawing canvas around the graphic (resizing of
the graphic before this step or before ungrouping can make things a bit easier <g>.

6. Right click again and select grouping. If ungroup is greyed out but 'regroup' is live then the 'pieces' may have already
separated in Step 4, although the handles on the individual pieces may not be visible until you click on a segment. If you select a
segment and get the grey circled corner handles on the segment right click and ungroup should blow things apart into the rest of the
parts, as in prior versions

If you use Insert=>Clipart and add the graphic there is, on the ribbon, a grouping icon on the 'Page Layout Tab' for grouping
multiple objects (so it's greyed out) and when you insert the clipart the Ribbon's Picture Tools=>Format tab the 'grouping' choice
in 'Arrange' will be greyed out until you right click=>Edit on the WMF and then the Ribbon changes from 'Picture tools' to 'Drawing
tools' and you can use the Shape Styles, Shadow effects, Fill, etc from Drawing Tools=>Format on individual segments.

You can also use Insert=>Shape=>New Drawing Canvas first and then insert the WMF file in the canvas from the ClipArt pane.



In Powerpoint, since each slide is in effect a drawing canvas, if you right click after inserting and right click=>Grouping=>Ungroup
the 'convert to drawing object' step will let you ungroup items.

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Bob, as near as I can tell this feature is gone from Word... I have tried
everything. You can ungroup drawings you make within Word, but you cannot
ungroup clipart.

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Angie]

Thank you so much!!! It works perfectly. I thought I was going crazy!! Have a
fantastic day, you have definitely made mine.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Thanks for this, Bob. Worked like a charm... You are super.

 

[Wm Morton]

I'm having a similar issue with Word - drawing objects I created and grouped
cannot be UNgrouped. The only option I have is "Regroup" which doesn't seem
to do anything. This is driving me crazy, as I can't edit ANY drawings
created in Word 2007 (or originally created in Word 2003).

Wm

 

[Mary Sauer]

You should be able to right click the clipart, click edit picture. All the tools
are in the right-click.

 

[frances stoneham]

Angie, i too used this feature of 2003 extensivly but even following every
step exactly it is to no avail

 

[Mary Sauer]

Working with graphics and charts
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/CH100626251033.aspx