Microsoft KB Archive/137774

= PUB: Can't Copy Publisher Drawn Objects or Pictures to WordPad =

Article ID: 137774

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft WordPad for Windows 95

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This article was previously published under Q137774



SYMPTOMS
If you copy a picture frame or an object made with Publisher's drawing tools to the Clipboard and try to paste it into WordPad, it will come in as a blank frame.



CAUSE
When you copy something from a publication, Publisher puts the information into the Clipboard in several formats, all of which are understandable to WordPad. WordPad, however, does not know which data format to choose, and the object comes in blank.

This problem does not occur with OLE object copied from Publisher, nor does it occur with text frames.



RESOLUTION
To correctly paste a Publisher picture or object into WordPad, click Paste Special on WordPad's File menu (not Paste). Choose any format from the list of data types. Click Paste.

You can also drag an object out of Publisher and drop it onto WordPad.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: pub3 word pad w_mspub pub95 empty rectangle transfer paste link pub97

Keywords: kbinterop kbprb KB137774

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