Microsoft KB Archive/51930

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

File: Copying Images to and from Draw or Paint Programs
Last reviewed: October 27, 1994

Article ID: Q51930

Summary:

To copy a graphic from a drawing or painting program like MacDraw, MacDraw II, Aldus Freehand, Adobe Illustrator, MacPaint, PixelPaint, SuperPaint, Canvas, or other like program into Microsoft File version 2.00, do the following:

 Select the object in the draw or paint program.  From the Edit menu, choose Copy. Note: If copying from Adobe Illustrator, Aldus Freehand, or other packages that support embedded PostScript comments through the Clipboard, hold the OPTION key down while performing Step #2.   Open Microsoft File, and choose Paste from the Edit menu. Note: Color images in MacDraw II, SuperPaint, or any other program which copies a PICT (not PICT II) image to the Clipboard, come through the Clipboard in black and white. 

To copy a graphic from File version 2.00 to a draw or paint program, do the following:


 * 1) With the mouse, select the image in File.
 * 2) From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
 * 3) Open the draw or paint program, and choose Paste from the Edit menu.