small problem, I'm getting inconsistent results with a simple copy/paste script in PP 2007 I'm trying to pull lines of text from shapes on other slides and merge them into a single shape that already exists on another slide. [vba]application.activepresentation.slide(1).shape(2).textrange.paragraph.line(1 ).copy
application.activepresentation.slide(2).shape(3).textrange.paragraph.line(1 ).paste
application.activepresentation.slide(1).shape(4).textrange.paragraph.line(1 ).copy
application.activepresentation.slide(2).shape(3).textrange.paragraph.line(2 ).paste[/VBA] sometimes the macro works and the new paragraph is what i want. sometimes only one pastes, and sometimes only the other pastes. it may be a clipboard issue, because the results change when I select shapes outside of the macro session and cntrl-C them. I found "application.cutcopymode=False" to clean the clipboard but got an error trying to include it in the script. Do i need to name these shapes so Z-order doesn't get outa whack?