Microsoft KB Archive/152034

PPT4: Typing Slow After Pasting Text from Word to Outline View

PSS ID Number: Q152034 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

MACINTOSH:4.0

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh, version 4.0 == Microsoft Word for Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

If you copy text in Word and then switch to outline view in PowerPoint, you may notice the following behavior:


 * Characters you have typed take longer than usual to be displayed.
 * Some characters you have typed are ignored and never appear on the screen.

This behavior does not occur when you are working in Slide view.

= CAUSE =

The process of transferring text from the System clipboard to PowerPoint’s internal clipboard may cause typing to be slow in outline view.

= RESOLUTION =

Flush PowerPoint’s internal clipboard. Use the following steps only when you are experiencing the slow typing behavior:

  When in PowerPoint, highlight a single character to select it.   On the Edit menu, click Copy. This action flushes the text from PowerPoint’s internal clipboard and places the character you selected there. 

The computer’s response to your typing should now return to normal.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition.

= MORE INFORMATION =

When you copy text in Word, that text is stored in Word’s internal clipboard. If the text were not moved from Word’s internal clipboard to the System’s clipboard, only Word would have access to this text. To make this text available to other applications, some clipboard transferring must take place. So, when you switch from Word to PowerPoint, the copied text is transferred to the System clipboard and from there to PowerPoint’s internal clipboard.

NOTE: Even though the above example uses text, this behavior may also apply to numbers or graphics.

Additional query words: 4.00 delay keyboard output missing sluggish keystroke ====================================================================== Keywords : kbenv kbtshoot Version : MACINTOSH:4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Hardware : MAC Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.