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PI2000: Error Message When You Attempt to Open Windows Metafile

Article ID: 248532

Article Last Modified on 8/6/2002

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Picture It! 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q248532

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to open a Windows Metafile (WMF) graphic in Microsoft Picture It! 2000, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Picture It! can not load the preview picture.

Cannot open picture filename.

Picture It! cannot open this file. Your system may be low on memory or out of disk space. Please try closing other programs or freeing up disk space, and try again.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the Windows Metafile graphic is included in the "Holy Cow!! 250,000 Graphics" clipart collection.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue:

Open the Windows Metafile graphic in another program, such as Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or Microsoft Word 2000.
Copy the graphic from that program.
Paste the graphic into Picture It! 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

The "Holy Cow!! 250,000 Graphics" clipart collection is copyright 1997 by Macmillan Digital Publishing USA (ISBN 0-672-31209-3).

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

Additional query words: pi2k pictureit clip art image

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kb3rdparty KB248532

Microsoft KB Archive/248532

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