Lines with Arrowheads Distorted When Pasted into Word (155954)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q155954 SYMPTOMS
If you copy a line with an arrowhead from Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
95 and paste it into Microsoft Word for Windows 95, the line comes in
distorted. The arrowhead may appear as a block, or it may not appear at
all.
CAUSE
Line objects in PowerPoint are actually longer than they appear. They
include a clipping rectangle to square off the ends. When you paste one of
these objects into Word, Word interprets the clipping rectangle as the
picture boundary and puts it in the wrong place. This will crop some or all
of an arrowhead.
RESOLUTION
You can manually reset the picture boundary by doing the following:
- Paste the arrow into Word.
- Double-click the arrow to start the Word drawing layer.
- Click the arrow to see the resize handles.
- Drag the resize handles until the arrow is the proper size and
proportion.
- On the Picture toolbar, click the Reset Picture Boundary button.
- Click the Close Picture button to return to your document.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at
the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in
Microsoft Office 97.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbgraphic kbinterop KB155954 |
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