Microsoft KB Archive/136749

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

Article ID: 136749

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q136749



SYMPTOMS
If you select some text within a text frame, click Copy on the Edit menu, deselect 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, do the following:
 * 1) Create a text frame.
 * 2) Click away from the text frame, then click the text frame to select 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.



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: pub3 pub95 w_mspub mspub Pub97

Keywords: kbprb kbusage KB136749

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