Microsoft KB Archive/189646

= PPT97: Breaking Link to Embedded Object Converts Object to Picture =

Article ID: 189646

Article Last Modified on 7/12/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q189646





SUMMARY
When you break a link to an embedded object, the object is automatically converted to a picture. If the linked embedded object is another PowerPoint presentation, the resulting picture is of the first slide.



MORE INFORMATION
When you choose to break a link to an embedded object in the Edit Links dialog box in PowerPoint 4.0, you receive the following message:

If you break this link, it will be converted to a picture. This cannot be undone.

You do not receive this error message in PowerPoint 97 and you can undo the conversion by clicking Undo on the Edit menu.

Additional query words: power point powerpnt w_powerpnt ppt97

Keywords: kberrmsg kbinterop kbprb KB189646

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