Microsoft KB Archive/136381

= Object Lost When Dragged from PowerPoint to Word =

Article ID: 136381

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q136381



SYMPTOMS
When you drag and drop an object from PowerPoint to Word and then save, close, and reopen the Word document, the object appears as an empty box. If you double-click the box, you will get the following error message

There is a serious disk error on.

where represents the filename of the PowerPoint object.



STATUS
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



WORKAROUND
To preserve the object, do one of the following.

Method 1: After you drag and drop the object into Word, do the following:

 Using the left mouse button, double-click the object. This opens the Picture editor. Click Close Picture. Save and close the document.

Method 2: Use copy and paste.

Additional query words: 6.0 7.0 word6 word7 ppt95 word95 winword embedded object linking drawing word powerpoint drag and drop looses loses missing blank empty box placeholder

Keywords: KB136381

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