Encarta: Images Lose Quality when Copied and Pasted (178974)

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, use one of the following methods:

Set Display Color Palette to 256 Colors

To set your display color palette to 256 colors, use the following steps:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Display, and then click the Settings tab.
3. In the Color Palette box, click 256 Color, and then click OK.
4. If you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.

Use Paste Special Command in Microsoft PowerPoint

If Microsoft PowerPoint 97 is installed on your computer, you can use the Paste Special command in PowerPoint to paste an image from Encarta without losing image quality, and then copy the image from PowerPoint into another program. To do so, use the following steps:

1. Use the Copy Image command in Encarta to copy an image to the Clipboard.
2. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Microsoft PowerPoint.
3. Click Blank Presentation, and then click OK.
4. In the Choose An Autolayout box, click the blank slide, and then click OK.
5. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
6. Click Bitmap, and then click OK.
7. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
8. Quit PowerPoint. When you are prompted to save changes, click No. If you are prompted to keep information on the clipboard, click Yes.
9. Start the program into which you want to paste the image from Encarta.
10. On the Edit menu, click Paste.