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PUB98: Can't Paste Text Selection as a Picture

Article ID: 179717

Article Last Modified on 11/10/1999


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SYMPTOMS

If you select some text within a text frame, click Copy on the Edit menu, click away from the text frame, and click Paste Special on the Edit menu, the option to paste the text as a picture is not available.

RESOLUTION

If you want to paste text as a picture, follow these steps:
  1. Create a text frame.
  2. Click anywhere on the page other than the text frame. Click the text frame to reselect it. Do not drag over any of the text in the frame.
  3. On the Edit menu, click Copy Text Frame or Cut Text Frame.
  4. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
  5. In the list of available data types, click Picture.

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