Microsoft KB Archive/50283

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Works: Importing, Exporting PowerPoint Documents PSS ID Number: Q50283 Article last modified on 05-14-1993 PSS database name: M_WorKs

2.00

MACINTOSH

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, version 2.0

Summary:

To import Microsoft PowerPoint slides into Microsoft Works version 2.00, follow these steps:

Select all or part of a slide in PowerPoint.
From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
Open or activate a Works Word Processor or Spreadsheet document.
From the Edit menu, choose Paste. The item becomes a single graphic.

To take editable text from PowerPoint into Works 2.00, follow these steps:

Select the text box.
Select all or part of the text.
From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
Open or activate a Works Word Processor or Spreadsheet document.
From the Edit menu, choose Paste. The text will be pasted as a graphic and can be edited only in Draw mode if it is taken into a Spreadsheet document.

More Information:

When transferring information via the Clipboard, the formatting associated with the text will not be transferred.

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