Ungrouping Slide Objects in PowerPoint 2003 and 2002 for Windows

Before starting this tutorial, make sure you have a group of slide objects. You can learn how to group in PowerPoint 2003 or earlier version here.

Thereafter, follow these steps to ungroup objects in PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 for Windows. For a PowerPoint 2007 specific version of this tutorial, look here.

1. Select the group on the slide, as shown in Figure 1, below.
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   Figure 1: Grouped object on slide
2. Now, choose either of these options to ungroup the objects:
1. Right-click the selected objects carefully to bring up the contextual menu, as shown in Figure 2, below. Then, choose the Grouping | Ungroup option.
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   Figure 2: Grouping | Ungroup option
2. Alternatively, access PowerPoint's Drawing toolbar, and choose Draw | Ungroup, as shown in Figure 3, below.
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   Figure 3: Draw | Ungroup option

No Drawing Toolbar?

If the Drawing toolbar is not visible (normally at the bottom of the PowerPoint interface, above the status bar), choose View | Toolbars | Drawing. This is a toggle option that alternatively shows and hides the Drawing toolbar. Learn more about the PowerPoint 2003 interface here.
3. The easiest option is to use the shortcut key: Ctrl + Shift + H. See more shortcut keys here.


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3. Save your presentation.

Problems with Ungrouping? See our Ungrouping in PowerPoint Troubleshooting page.