Article ID: 260191
Article Last Modified on 1/6/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q260191
SYMPTOMS
When you insert a vector graphic, such as a WMF (Windows Metafile) or CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile), into an Office document and then edit the picture in the Office Picture Editor, open rectangular polylines (shapes that look like a rectangle with one side missing) are changed to closed rectangles.
Steps to Reproduce Problem
- In Word 97, create a new blank document.
Run the following macro to insert an open rectangular polyline:
Sub Polyline1() Dim myArray(1 To 4, 1 To 2) As Single myArray(1, 1) = 100 myArray(1, 2) = 25 myArray(2, 1) = 20 myArray(2, 2) = 25 myArray(3, 1) = 20 myArray(3, 2) = 110 myArray(4, 1) = 100 myArray(4, 2) = 110 ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddPolyline myArray End Sub
- Select the polyline.
- On the Edit menu, click Copy.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste Special. Select As Picture and then click OK. This pastes the clipboard contents as a WMF into Word.
- Right-click the picture, and then click Edit Picture on the shortcut menu.
In the Picture Editor, the polyline is changed to a rectangle.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
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