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OFF98: Cannot Insert PowerPoint Slide into an Office Program

Article ID: 177573

Article Last Modified on 8/25/2006

Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q177573

SYMPTOMS

You cannot insert a Microsoft PowerPoint slide into a Microsoft Excel workbook or a Microsoft Word document. You cannot insert the slide by using the user interface or by using a Visual Basic for Applications procedure.

If you click Object on the Insert menu, no command exists for inserting PowerPoint slide.

If you try to programmatically insert a PowerPoint object, you receive the following error message:

Run-time error '1004'
Cannot insert object

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition. PowerPoint 98 is not an OLE Automation server; therefore, you cannot insert a PowerPoint object into another program.

REFERENCES

For more information about using Automation when you insert an object, click the Office Assistant, type "automation," click Search, and then click to view "Add Method (OLEObjects Collection)."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar.

Additional query words: OFF98 XL98 WD98 PPT98

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