Microsoft KB Archive/140842

= PUB: How to Drag Design Gallery Objects to Other Programs =

Article ID: 140842

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 Q140842



SUMMARY
If you try to drag and drop an object directly from the Publisher Design Gallery into another program (for example, Word, WordPad, or Microsoft Excel) and the object is a text-only or graphics-only object, the object should move successfully.

However, you cannot drag and drop an object that is a composite object directly from the Design Gallery to a program other than Publisher 3.0 or 97. (A composite object is one made up of more than one type of element-- for example, a pull quote made up of both a text frame and a picture.)



MORE INFORMATION
This limitation occurs because of the way that Design Gallery translates the formats that Publisher uses into other programs' formats. As a result, you can drag and drop a text object or a picture (graphic) object from the Design Gallery but not an object that is a combination of both types.

If you find you can't drag and drop an object directly from Design Gallery into another program, first insert it into a Publisher document and then drag and drop it from there into the other program.

(Note: Once this is done, you should not attempt to edit the object in the destination program. It will result in having to redrag and redrop the object.)

You can also copy the design to the Clipboard and then click Paste Special on the Edit menu in your other program. You can then paste it in your other program as a metafile.

Additional query words: pub95 pub3 w_mspub mspub pub97

Keywords: kbhowto kbinterop KB140842

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