Microsoft KB Archive/179580

= OFF98: Cannot Drag Clipping File to Office Program =

Article ID: 179580

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q179580



SYMPTOMS
When you are trying to drag a clipping file into a Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition program, the clipping file may not be moved to the program, and the following error message may appear:

There is insufficient memory. Save the document now.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:


 * You are using Mac OS 8.0.

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 * You create a clipping file from an Office program.

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 * You try to drag the clipping file into an Office program.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, try using the Scrapbook. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) On the Apple menu, click Scrapbook.
 * 2) Drag the clipping file to the Scrapbook.

The clipping file is placed in the Scrapbook.
 * 1) Start the Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition program.
 * 2) Arrange both programs so that you can easily view them.
 * 3) Drag the picture clipping from the Scrapbook to the Office program.
 * 4) Switch to Scrapbook.
 * 5) To remove the picture clipping from the Scrapbook, click Clear on the Edit menu.
 * 6) Click Quit on the File menu.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
The behavior a clipping file varies. The behavior depends on the object type of the clipping file and the Microsoft Office program that created the object.

The behavior for a given object type that is created in and dragged to an Office program is listed in the following table.   Object         Created in       Dragged to       Behavior ---

AutoShapes    Excel            Excel            Is not dragged Textboxes     Excel            Excel            Is not dragged Cells         Excel            Excel            Is dragged Charts        Excel            Excel            Is not dragged WordArt       Excel            Excel            Is not dragged Clipart       Excel            Excel            Is not dragged Movie         Excel            Excel            Is not dragged

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AutoShapes    Excel            PowerPoint       Is not dragged Textboxes     Excel            PowerPoint       Is not dragged Cells         Excel            PowerPoint       Is not dragged Charts        Excel            PowerPoint       Is not dragged WordArt       Excel            PowerPoint       Is not dragged Clipart       Excel            PowerPoint       Is not dragged Movie         Excel            PowerPoint       Is not dragged

---  AutoShapes     Excel            Word             Is not dragged Textboxes     Excel            Word             Is not dragged Cells         Excel            Word             Insufficient memory (Save the document.) WordArt       Excel            Word             Is not dragged Clipart       Excel            Word             Is not dragged Movie         Excel            Word             Is not dragged

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AutoShapes    Word            Word              Is dragged Textboxes     Word            Word              Is not dragged WordArt       Word            Word              Is dragged Clipart       Word            Word              Is dragged Movie         Word            Word              Is not dragged Text          Word            Word              Is dragged

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AutoShapes    Word            Excel             Is dragged Textboxes     Word            Excel             Is not dragged WordArt       Word            Excel             Is dragged Clipart       Word            Excel             Is dragged Movie         Word            Excel             Is not dragged Text          Word            Excel             Is dragged

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AutoShapes    Word            PowerPoint        Is dragged Textboxes     Word            PowerPoint        Is not dragged WordArt       Word            PowerPoint        Is dragged Clipart       Word            PowerPoint        Is dragged Movie         Word            PowerPoint        Is not dragged Text          Word            PowerPoint        Is dragged

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AutoShapes    PowerPoint           PowerPoint   Is dragged Textboxes     PowerPoint           PowerPoint   Is dragged WordArt       PowerPoint           PowerPoint   Is dragged Clipart       PowerPoint           PowerPoint   Is not dragged Movie         PowerPoint           PowerPoint   Is not dragged

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AutoShapes    PowerPoint           Excel        Is dragged Textboxes     PowerPoint           Excel        Is dragged (Formatting is                                                   different.) WordArt       PowerPoint           Excel        Is dragged Clipart       PowerPoint           Excel        Is not dragged Movie         PowerPoint           Excel        Is not dragged ---  AutoShapes     PowerPoint           Word         Is dragged Textboxes     PowerPoint           Word         Is dragged (Formatting is                                                   different.) WordArt       PowerPoint           Word        Is dragged Clipart       PowerPoint           Word        Is not dragged Movie         PowerPoint           Word        Is not dragged

