Microsoft KB Archive/265375

= PI: Error Message When You Attempt to Use Picture It! Cool Albums Templates 2 or 3 =

Article ID: 265375

Article Last Modified on 3/25/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Picture It! 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Picture It! Express 2000
 * Microsoft Picture It! 99 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q265375



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to use Cool Albums template 2 or 3 in one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you receive the following error message:

File Not Valid

The file you attempted to load is not a valid Photo Album Page.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the cutouts on the album template are grouped together.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, download the content updates for the Cool Albums template 2 and 3 from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.home-publishing.com/pictureit/homepages/offers_freestuff_updates.asp

To work around this issue:  Click the Workbench tab, and then click Get Picture. Click Open Pictures. In the If you don't see the pictures you want, look in box, click the drive in which Picture It! is installed. Browse to the following folder:

\Program Files\Microsoft Picture It!\Content\Projects\Album\General

 Double-click the TM2043 picture file (Cool Albums Page 2). Click the main picture to bring it to the front.</li> Click the puzzle piece underneath the pictures to ungroup them.</li> Click any picture on the stack.</li> Click Save and Send on the Workbench tab.</li> Click Save.</li> Repeat steps 1-9 to replace the TM2044 picture file (Cool Albums Page 3).</li></ol>

NOTE: For these steps to be successful, a Typical installation of the program must be installed on your computer.

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MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to use Project Templates in Picture It! 2000, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249640 PI2000: How to Use Picture It! 99 Project Templates in Picture It! 2000

Additional query words: pi99 pi2k pictureit invalid create replace

Keywords: kbprb kbgraphic KB265375

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