WD97: After Update Excel Object Not a Paste Special Option (195610)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q195610 SYMPTOMS
When you run Microsoft Excel as an OLE server application, in some cases,
you will be unable to paste an Excel object into Word using the Paste or
Paste Special commands on the Edit menu. If you click Paste Special, the
Source field in the Paste Special dialog box will specify that the source
is unknown.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the Excel object is no longer in the
Clipboard.
When you run Excel as an OLE server application with Word, after you
update
the embedded Excel object and return to Word, the Excel object disappears
from the Clipboard.
WORKAROUND
To use the Paste Special command to embed an Excel object in
your Word document as many times as you want, follow these steps:
- Start Excel independent of Word (do not run it as a server
application).
- Copy the Excel selection you want to appear in your Word document
(do not quit Excel).
- Start Word.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
Note that the Excel object remains an available option in the Paste
Special dialog box until you quit Excel or replace the contents of the
Clipboard with something else.
MORE INFORMATION
If you embed an Excel worksheet object in Word by choosing Object from
the Insert menu and selecting one of the Excel object options (or if
you edit an already embedded Excel object), you activate an Excel
server session. To quit the Excel server session and return to the
Word document, click Update on the File menu and then click Exit.
When you quit Excel, the Excel object in the Clipboard is deleted
from the Clipboard. Because the Clipboard no longer contains the Excel
object, the Excel Object options are not available in Paste Special.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB195610 |
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