Microsoft KB Archive/179717

= PUB98: Can't Paste Text Selection as a Picture =

Article ID: 179717

Article Last Modified on 11/10/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q179717



SYMPTOMS
If you select some text within a text frame, click Copy on the Edit menu, click away from the text frame, and click Paste Special on the Edit menu, the option to paste the text as a picture is not available.



RESOLUTION
If you want to paste text as a picture, follow these steps:
 * 1) Create a text frame.
 * 2) Click anywhere on the page other than the text frame. Click the text frame to reselect it. Do not drag over any of the text in the frame.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Copy Text Frame or Cut Text Frame.
 * 4) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
 * 5) In the list of available data types, click Picture.

Additional query words: 98 pub98 mspub98 pub_98 5.00 publisher98 pub5 mspub ms_pub98 paste picture

Keywords: kbprb kbusage KB179717

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