Microsoft KB Archive/68996

256-Color Bitmaps Do Not Paste Correctly PSS ID Number: Q68996 Article last modified on 10-29-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

When you paste a 256-color bitmap from Paintbrush into PowerPoint for Windows using the Clipboard, the picture comes in black (or in some cases, nearly all black).

More Information:

Paintbrush is putting a device independent bitmap (DIB) and a palette on the Clipboard. PowerPoint does not support this method of transferring 256 color bitmaps. Consequently, the bitmap is pasted without its colors.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Load a 256-color DIB into Paintbrush.
 * 2) Copy a portion of it into the Clipboard.
 * 3) Paste the file into a PowerPoint presentation.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint for Windows version 2.00. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.