Dangerous Creatures: Pictures Do Not Paste with System 7.5 (141323)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Dangerous Creatures for the Macintosh 1.0
This article was previously published under Q141323

SYMPTOMS

When you copy a picture from the Picture Gallery in Dangerous Creatures and attempt to paste the image to the Scrapbook, you may receive the following error message:
Sorry, the disk is full or the system is out of memory.
Or, the Paste option on the Edit menu may be dimmed out, not allowing the picture to be pasted into the Scrapbook.

CAUSE

The Scrapbook included with System 7.5 and higher has a memory allocation limitation of 256KB. This size is insufficient to hold the graphics image.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, do the following:
  1. On your hard drive, open the System Folder.
  2. Inside the System Folder, open Apple Menu Items.
  3. Click the Scrapbook file.
  4. On the File Menu, click Get Info.
  5. In the Memory Requirements section, change the Preferred size to 1024.
  6. Close the Get Info window.
The image should successfully Paste into the Scrapbook.

MORE INFORMATION

Additional memory must be allocated to the Scrapbook program to allow the application to accept Dangerous Creatures images.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/8/2001
Keywords:KB141323
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