OFF98: Cannot Drag Clipping File to Office Program
ID: Q179580
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
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Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
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Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
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Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition
SYMPTOMS
When you are trying to drag a clipping file into a Microsoft Office 98
Macintosh Edition program, the clipping file may not be moved to the
program, and the following error message may appear:
There is insufficient memory. Save the document now.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:
- You are using Mac OS 8.0.
-and-
- You create a clipping file from an Office program.
-and-
- You try to drag the clipping file into an Office program.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, try using the Scrapbook. To do this, follow
these steps:
- On the Apple menu, click Scrapbook.
- Drag the clipping file to the Scrapbook.
The clipping file is placed in the Scrapbook.
- Start the Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition program.
- Arrange both programs so that you can easily view them.
- Drag the picture clipping from the Scrapbook to the Office program.
- Switch to Scrapbook.
- To remove the picture clipping from the Scrapbook, click Clear on the
Edit menu.
- Click Quit on the File menu.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
The behavior a clipping file varies. The behavior depends on the object
type of the clipping file and the Microsoft Office program that created the
object.
The behavior for a given object type that is created in and dragged to an
Office program is listed in the following table.
Object Created in Dragged to Behavior
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AutoShapes Excel Excel Is not dragged
Textboxes Excel Excel Is not dragged
Cells Excel Excel Is dragged
Charts Excel Excel Is not dragged
WordArt Excel Excel Is not dragged
Clipart Excel Excel Is not dragged
Movie Excel Excel Is not dragged
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AutoShapes Excel PowerPoint Is not dragged
Textboxes Excel PowerPoint Is not dragged
Cells Excel PowerPoint Is not dragged
Charts Excel PowerPoint Is not dragged
WordArt Excel PowerPoint Is not dragged
Clipart Excel PowerPoint Is not dragged
Movie Excel PowerPoint Is not dragged
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AutoShapes Excel Word Is not dragged
Textboxes Excel Word Is not dragged
Cells Excel Word Insufficient memory
(Save the document.)
WordArt Excel Word Is not dragged
Clipart Excel Word Is not dragged
Movie Excel Word Is not dragged
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AutoShapes Word Word Is dragged
Textboxes Word Word Is not dragged
WordArt Word Word Is dragged
Clipart Word Word Is dragged
Movie Word Word Is not dragged
Text Word Word Is dragged
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AutoShapes Word Excel Is dragged
Textboxes Word Excel Is not dragged
WordArt Word Excel Is dragged
Clipart Word Excel Is dragged
Movie Word Excel Is not dragged
Text Word Excel Is dragged
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AutoShapes Word PowerPoint Is dragged
Textboxes Word PowerPoint Is not dragged
WordArt Word PowerPoint Is dragged
Clipart Word PowerPoint Is dragged
Movie Word PowerPoint Is not dragged
Text Word PowerPoint Is dragged
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AutoShapes PowerPoint PowerPoint Is dragged
Textboxes PowerPoint PowerPoint Is dragged
WordArt PowerPoint PowerPoint Is dragged
Clipart PowerPoint PowerPoint Is not dragged
Movie PowerPoint PowerPoint Is not dragged
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AutoShapes PowerPoint Excel Is dragged
Textboxes PowerPoint Excel Is dragged
(Formatting is
different.)
WordArt PowerPoint Excel Is dragged
Clipart PowerPoint Excel Is not dragged
Movie PowerPoint Excel Is not dragged
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AutoShapes PowerPoint Word Is dragged
Textboxes PowerPoint Word Is dragged
(Formatting is
different.)
WordArt PowerPoint Word Is dragged
Clipart PowerPoint Word Is not dragged
Movie PowerPoint Word Is not dragged
REFERENCES
For more information about drag-and-drop editing, click Contents and Index
on the Help menu, click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the
following text
drag-and-drop editing
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Drag information
between programs" topic.
Additional query words:
OFF98 XL98 PPT98 WD98 picture clipping text clipping
Keywords :
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug