Microsoft KB Archive/43851

Word: SuperPaint Graphics Don’t Update Correctly in Word 4.00

PSS ID Number: Q43851 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

When Using the Update Link or Edit Link command to update a graphic that has been linked to a Word version 4.00 document with the Paste Link command, part or all of the graphic may not update correctly with the Edit Link or Paste Link command. The amount of the update that is successful depends on how the graphic was altered and how it was originally copied.

To verify the problem, read the area specified in the identifier paragraph that precedes the graphic in the Word 4.00 document. It should read in the following format:

SuperPaint!filename!area

The “area” should be either Draw, Paint, BothDonTop, or BothPonTop, followed by a set of coordinates in parentheses. Word reads this area specification before updating the graphic with the Update Link or Edit Link command, and updates only the information in the area specified as follows:


 * 1) Draw(coords) means only edits in the Draw layer will be updated.
 * 2) Paint(coords) means only edits in the Paint layer will be updated.
 * 3) BothDOnTop(coords) means edits in either layer will be updated, but the Draw Layer was active when the actual Copy was executed.
 * 4) BothPOnTop(coords) means edits in either layer will be updated, but the Paint Layer was active when the actual Copy was executed.

= MORE INFORMATION =

For example, if “Draw” is indicated, the graphic was originally selected in the Draw Layer by clicking objects to select them (or by choosing the Select All command) before copying.

In this example, if the link is created with the Word 4.00 document and then the graphic is edited in SuperPaint by switching to the Paint layer and adding lines, etc., only the information in the Draw Layer will be updated when the Update Link or Edit Link command is selected from Word 4.00.

For more information on copying from the different layers in SuperPaint, consult your SuperPaint manual or query on the following words:

copy and draw and paint and layer and superpaint

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