Microsoft KB Archive/132724

Word 6.0 Does Not Retain an Inserted PowerPoint 4.0 Slide

PSS ID Number: Q132724 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

windows:4.0

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0 == Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

After you insert a PowerPoint 4.0 slide into a Word document and then save the document and exit Word, the slide may not appear when you reopen the document.

= CAUSE =

When you insert a PowerPoint slide into Word, Word starts PowerPoint. This allows you to create the slide and insert it into Word. The information itself is not actually placed in the Word document until you exit PowerPoint and instruct PowerPoint to update, or send, the information to Word.

This problem occurs if you don’t choose Exit And Return To  from the File menu in PowerPoint before you close Word. After you create the slide, using the ALT+TAB keys to switch back to Word and quit the program closes both Word and PowerPoint without any information exchange.

= RESOLUTION =

To correctly insert a PowerPoint 4.0 slide, do the following:


 * 1) Start Word 6.0.
 * 2) On the Insert menu, click Object.
 * 3) In the Object dialog box, double-click MS PowerPoint 4.0 Slide.
 * 4) Choose any slide layout and type some text in the title area.
 * 5) On the File menu, click Exit And Return To Document(x).
 * 6) On Word’s File menu, click Exit.
 * 7) When asked to save the document, answer Yes and give the file a name.
 * 8) Start Word 6.0 again and open the file created in step 7 above. The PowerPoint slide is now there.

= Additional query words: 4.00 Word winword word6 6.00 OLE =

Keywords : kbinterop kbole Version : windows:4.0 Platform : WINDOWS Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.