Microsoft KB Archive/131443

Bob: Move Dialog Box Appears When You Try to Copy Works Object

PSS ID Number: Q131443 Article last modified on 07-07-1995

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WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you attempt to copy a Microsoft Works for Windows 3.0 object that has been resized in Letter Writer or Great Greetings, the Move dialog box appears instead of the Copy dialog box. If you try to copy the object without resizing it, you receive a message stating that you cannot copy the object.

= STATUS =

You cannot copy a Works object in Letter Writer or Great Greetings. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q126696 TITLE : Bob: Unable to Cut, Copy, or Paste Works Objects

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Bob version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= WORKAROUND =

Use the Add An Object squishy to re-insert the Works object into Letter Writer or Great Greetings.

KBCategory: kbinterop kbgraphic kbole kbbuglist kbprb KBSubcategory: B_Shell

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