Microsoft KB Archive/61731

Word Err Msg: No Painting or Drawing Program Active

PSS ID Number: Q61731 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

In Microsoft Word, when attempting to perform an Update Link, if any text or graphic other than the graphic referred to in the QuickSwitch header line is placed directly below the header line, the error “no painting or drawing program is active” will appear. When doing a QuickSwitch, the graphic that is referred to in the QuickSwitch header line must be placed directly beneath the line for the update link process to operate properly.

For example, if a graphic created in MacPaint is placed next to an Excel chart that had been paste-linked into Word in the manner below, a “no painting or drawing program is active” error will be generated when the Update Link command is selected:

(Header line)Excel!Chart

MacPaint|Chart

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following workaround will allow you to place a normal graphic next to a QuickSwitch graphic:


 * 1) Select the normal graphic.
 * 2) Choose Cut from the Edit menu.
 * 3) Move the cursor above the QuickSwitch header line.
 * 4) Choose Paste from the Edit menu.
 * 5) Select the graphic again.
 * 6) Choose Position from the Format menu.
 * 7) Position the object where desired in respect to the QuickSwitch graphic.

For more information on the QuickSwitch procedure, see pages 54-55 and 385-386 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 4.0 manual.

KBCategory: kbinterop kbgraphic kbole KBSubCategory: Additional reference words: macword macword5 ====================================================================== ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.