Microsoft KB Archive/148844

PUB: Problems Importing ChurchArt Brand Clip Art

= PUB: Problems Importing ChurchArt Brand Clip Art =

Q148844
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 - Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0 - Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0 - Microsoft Imager for Windows 95, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

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If you try to import a TIFF file from one of the ChurchArt clip art collections published by Communications Resources into Publisher, you may receive an error similar to the following:

Publisher cannot convert this picture.

This is either because Publisher doesn't recognize the format of  the picture you want to add or there was an error loading a   graphic converter. Publisher has graphic converters that enable it  to recognize most picture formats. Some of these converters may be missing. To install converters for word processors and graphics, run Publisher Setup again.

You may receive similar errors inserting the same TIFF image into any of the other programs listed at the beginning of this article.

The same image will be imported correctly into Publisher for Windows, versions 2.0 and 2.0a.

CAUSE

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Many of the TIFF images published in the ChurchArt clip art collections have invalid information in their file headers. These graphics do not follow the published TIFF specification.

The 16-bit TIFF filter used by Publisher 2.0 and the 16-bit versions of the Microsoft Office programs assumes certain default information about every TIFF image; the filter does not look in an individual image's header to verify the information. The 32-bit TIFF filter, on the other hand, tries to read the information from an image's header. If the image header contains incorrect or invalid information, the filter will reject the image.

RESOLUTION

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Method 1:  Repair the TIFF file header.

a. Open the TIFF image in a photo-editing program such as              Adobe PhotoShop, Corel Photo-Paint, Micrographx Picture Publisher, or Microsoft Imager for Windows, version 1.0. Some of these products may give you an error message when you try to open the image, but they will be able to              open it anyway.

b. Save the file. If you are opening the file from CD-ROM, you will have to save it with a new file name.

The image should now be imported correctly into Publisher for Windows 95 and the Office for Windows 95 programs.

Method 2:  Open the file in a 16-bit program, copy it, and paste it into Publisher for Windows 95.

a. Install Publisher 2.0 or Word 6.0 into its own directory on your computer.

b. Import the document into one of these programs.

c. Select the picture and click Copy on the Edit menu.

d. Start Publisher for Windows 95.

e. On the Edit menu, click Paste.

STATUS

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Communications Resources is aware of this problem.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 w_mspub pub3 pub95