Article ID: 249094
Article Last Modified on 11/4/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q249094
SYMPTOMS
When you paste a Device Independent Bitmap (DIB) image into a Microsoft Publisher 2000 publication while a table in the publication is selected, you receive the following error message:
When you click OK or Cancel, Publisher quits.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Publisher 2000 can only receive data from the Microsoft Windows clipboard in Rich Text format while a table in the publication is selected.
A DIB image is a binary file that Publisher 2000 cannot receive from the Windows clipboard while a table is selected.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).
To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, make sure that a table is not selected when you paste a DIB image into Publisher 2000.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.
Additional query words: mspub pub2k 9.0 pub9 picture RTF
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbgpf kbclipboard KB249094