An object's appearance depends on the presentation format used to display the object. When a server application places an object on the clipboard, it supplies one or more graphical representations of the object. These representations may be in metafile format (CF_METAFILEPICT, referred to in the clipboard as Picture format), device-dependent bitmap format (CF_BITMAP, referred to as Bitmap), or device-independent bitmap format (CF_DIB, referred to as DIB).
When pasting an object into a container document, the OLE DLLs use one of these presentation formats to display the object. Since bitmaps and metafiles commonly differ in appearance when they are resized, the appearance of objects may vary depending on the presentation format used to display the object. For more information on sizing an object, see "Using Mapping Modes to Determine Logical Size for Objects," later in this chapter.