PPT98: Cannot Drag and Drop JPEG Clippings from Desktop
Article ID: 182839
Article Last Modified on 10/3/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q182839
SYMPTOMS
When you create a picture clipping from an inserted Joint Photographic Experts
Group (JPEG) graphic in Microsoft PowerPoint, you are not able to use a drag and
drop operation to move this clipping from the desktop into PowerPoint. If you
double-click the clipping, the image appears and you can move it to other
programs.
NOTE: This behavior does not occur with other graphic formats, OLE objects, and
PowerPoint objects. You can use all of these object types successfully as
picture clippings.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, move the picture clipping you created to the
Scrapbook and then copy it into PowerPoint by following these steps:
- On the Apple menu, click Scrapbook.
- Using a drag and drop operation, move the picture clipping into the
Scrapbook window. You will be able to see the image.
- On the Edit menu, click Copy.
- Switch to PowerPoint.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste.
The image should now appear on your PowerPoint slide.
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