Ungrouping a table

[Ken]

I can't seem to ungroup a table for animation purposes. In 2003 you could
highlight the table, then left click and hit the ungroup button. However,
the "group/ungroup" buttons are grayed out now. I tried highlighting the
table and clicking the arrange button. However, the "group/ungroup" options
are grayed out there as well.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

[tohlz]

So you are on PowerPoint 2007 now?
If so, see if this works for you:
Select the table, Ctrl-C to copy.
Click Home tab, select the down arrow on Paste.
Select Paste Special.
Select Picture (Enhanced Metafile). Click ok.
Ungroup Twice.
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Shawn Toh (tohlz)
Microsoft MVP PowerPoint

Site Updated: August 08, 2007
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[Ken]

That worked! I never, ever would have found that myself.

Thank you.

[DougKlippert]

<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/powerpoint/archive/
2006/07/21/674214.aspx">PowerPoint 2007</a>

"In this release, we have increased that maximum to 75x75 within the
UI. We were able to do this because we made the decision to move away
from the metaphor of a table simply being a group of shapes, as it was
in previous versions. This has been one of the largest enabling
factors in our performance gains, and as a result, tables are workable
at sizes much greater than that of 25x25. A tradeoff made in order to
obtain these gains in performance was the ability to "ungroup" a
table. While this tradeoff means that there are a set of scenarios no
longer present, specifically the ability to ungroup a table to animate
individual pieces, we feel that the performance gains (not to mention
all the other aspects talked about in this section of the blog) along
with the ability to use multiple tables and/or shapes in these
scenarios will benefit users in a much greater way."

[DougKlippert]

Thanks,Shawn!

[chri...@gmail.com]

I want to THANK YOU for this solution, as well. I was trying to create a Newspaper Ad where everything had to be laid out precisely. This solution was INVALUABLE! Thanks again!