Microsoft KB Archive/226676

= PPT2000: Cannot Drag Clip into Outline Window =

Article ID: 226676

Article Last Modified on 8/6/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q226676



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to drag a clip from Microsoft Clip Gallery 5.0 into the Outline Pane in PowerPoint Normal view, PowerPoint will fail while it attempts to import the clip, and you will receive the following error message:

PowerPoint can't open the type of file

represented by \

Where  is the path to where the file is stored, and   is name and file extension for the image you are trying to drag onto the slide's outline page.

This is not a fatal error.



CAUSE
The PowerPoint outline window cannot accept images. The outline window is designed to accept only text.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: PPT2K PPT2000 PPT POWERPNT 2000 PPT9 9.0 PowerPoint can t open the type of file represented by

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbnofix KB226676

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