

The following concepts apply to working with objects in Normal View, but also apply to Slide Master View as well. However, if these commands are greyed out, you won't be able to group the selected objects. You can also click Group using several different tabs in the Ribbon. In this article, we'll discuss three situations where you can't group in PowerPoint as well as some solutions.Īn easy way to group objects in PowerPoint is to select the objects by Shift-clicking or Ctrl-clicking, then right-click one of the selected objects and select Group from the drop-down menu. However, you can't group certain objects.

It's common to group objects in PowerPoint so you can move the objects together and apply formatting and animation to the group.

By Avantix Learning Team | Updated May 21, 2021Īpplies to: Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
