Microsoft KB Archive/285630

= Clip2002: &quot;Open Clip In&quot; Command Does Not Open the Clip in Clip Organizer =

Article ID: 285630

Article Last Modified on 4/10/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Clip Organizer 2002

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This article was previously published under Q285630





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Office XP, when you click a picture clip in the Microsoft Clip Organizer, an arrow appears to the right of the clip. When you click the arrow, and then click Open Clip In, the Open With dialog box appears, prompting you to choose a program to open the clip. If you click Clip Organizer, and then click Always use this program to open these files, Clip Organizer is registered as the default program for clip files (with a .wmf file extension).

However, after you do this, and then click Open Clip In, Clip Organizer starts, but does not open the clip that you selected. The clip does not appear in your Favorites folder.



WORKAROUND
If you want to preview the clip, click Preview/Properties on the clip menu.

If you want to add the clip to your Favorites folder, click Copy to collection, select the Favorites folder, and then click OK.

See the &quot;More Information&quot; section of this article for other commands available on the clip menu.



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



MORE INFORMATION
When you click a clip in the Microsoft Clip Organizer, an arrow appears to the right of the clip. When you click the arrow, a menu appears with the following commands:

Copy
The Copy command copies the clip to the Windows Clipboard.

Delete
The Delete command deletes the clip from Clip Organizer.

Open Clip In
The Open Clip In command opens the clip in a program that has been associated with the clip. To change the program clips are associated with, follow these steps: NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.


 * 1) Double-click My Computer.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the File Types tab.
 * 3) Click the type of document you want to re-associate, and then click Change.
 * 4) Select the program you would like to use to open this file type in the future.
 * 5) Click OK.NOTE: Some programs, such as Microsoft Word, associate multiple extensions with a file type. For example, a Microsoft Word document is associated by default with both a .doc and an .rtf file extension. This can cause problems if you want to change the program that opens a particular file.

To re-associate a file type with a program under these conditions, you must delete all extensions registered to that program, and then re-associate each file type with a program. In addition, you must redefine the Open, Print, and DDE commands for each file type. To do this, in My Computer or Windows Explorer, click Options on the View menu, and then click the File Type tab.

Tools on the Web
If you have an Internet connection, you can use Microsoft Office Tools On The Web to purchase a variety of clip-related options.

Copy to Collection
The Copy to Collection command copies the clip into another collection. You can copy the clip to an existing collection, or copy the clip to a new collection.
 * To copy the clip to an existing collection, follow these steps:


 * Click Copy to Collection
 * Select the collection to which you want to copy the clip.
 * Click OK.
 * To copy the clip to a new collection, follow these steps:


 * Click Copy to Collection
 * Click New.
 * In the Select where to place the collection folder tree, select the folder to which you want the new collection to be added.
 * In the Name box, type the name of the collection, and then click OK.
 * Click OK.

Move to Collection: This command moves the clip from one collection to another. You can move the clip to an existing collection, move the clip to a new collection.
 * To move the clip to an existing collection, follow these steps:


 * Click Move to Collection
 * Select the collection to which you want to move the clip.
 * Click OK.
 * To move the clip to a new collection, follow these steps:


 * Click Move to Collection
 * Click New.
 * In the Select where to place the collection folder tree, select the folder to which you want the new collection to be added.
 * In the Name box, type the name of the collection, and click OK.
 * Click OK.NOTE: You can move clips only into collections that you have created. Collections that come with Clip Organizer are read-only.

Edit Keywords
You can add, change, or delete keywords for clips that you have added to Clip Organizer. To do this, follow these steps:  Select a clip. On the Edit menu, click Keywords. In the Keywords dialog box, do one of the following:  Add a new keyword:

 In the Keyword list, type the keyword you want to add. To add multiple keywords at the same time, separate the keywords with a comma.</li> Click Add.</li></ol> </li> Change an existing keyword:

<ol> In the Keywords for current clip list, select the keyword you want to modify.</li> In the Keyword list, enter changes to the keyword.</li> Click Modify.</li></ol> </li> Delete a keyword:

<ol> In the Keywords for current clip list, select the keyword you want to delete.</li> Click Delete.</li></ol> </li></ol> </li></ol>

Find Similar Style
The Find Similar Styles command finds other clips with similar properties.

Preview/Properties
The Preview/Properties command shows information that describes and identifies each clip, including Caption, Name, Type, Size, Resolution, Orientation, Created, File Path, Catalog Path, Keywords.

Additional query words: COrg2002 PPT2002 PPT

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB285630

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