Microsoft KB Archive/218359

= Cannot paste Excel object into HTML message =

Article ID: 218359

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q218359



SYMPTOMS
You are unable to paste a Microsoft Excel chart into the body of a Microsoft Outlook e-mail message that is formatted as HTML.



CAUSE
When you copy a drawing layer object to the clipboard, Excel uses the Enhanced Metafile (EMF) format on the clipboard. The HTML rendering engine used by Outlook does not support EMF.



RESOLUTION
Use a Rich Text formatted message if you want to include Excel objects. There are two ways to create an Rich Text format message.

Change the message format one message at a time
On the Actions Menu, point to New Mail Message Using, and then click Microsoft Outlook Rich Text.

Change the default message format

 * 1) On the Tools Menu, click Options.
 * 2) On the Mail Format tab, under Send in this message format, click Microsoft Outlook Rich Text.
 * 3) Click OK.
 * 4) Create a new mail message.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

Additional query words: OFF2000 OL2K OL2000 OL2002 OL2003

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB218359

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