WD: Graphic Copied to Mac Graphics Package Pastes as Blank Box (48554)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 3.0
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 3.01
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 3.02
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 4.0
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.0
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.1
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

This article was previously published under Q48554

SYMPTOMS

When you copy a graphic from Microsoft Word and paste it into a graphics program or into the Scrapbook, if text or a paragraph marker is copied with the graphic, the graphic pastes in as a blank box. If the graphic is then copied from the Scrapbook and pasted back into Word, it is displayed correctly. However, if the original graphic is copied back from the graphics program into Word, it is pasted as a blank box.

CAUSE

The reason for this behavior is the way Word exports information to the Clipboard. Word places three Apple System standard scrap types onto the Clipboard for transporting to other programs. They are TEXT, PICT, and "RTF "(Rich Text Format).

If text is copied, Word places a combination of TEXT and RTF on the Clipboard, so that formatting is kept with the text. If a graphic is copied, Word places a PICT element on the Clipboard. If a graphic and text are copied, Word places a combination of TEXT and RTF on the Clipboard, which shows no PICT information, because it is embedded in the RTF type.

MORE INFORMATION

To paste a graphic from Word into another program, follow these steps:

Select just the graphic by clicking anywhere in it so that the graphic handles (black boxes) appear. Make sure not to highlight any text characters or paragraph markers.
On the Edit menu, click Copy.
Open the other program.
Click where you want the graphic pasted and click Paste on the Edit menu.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	5/13/2003
Keywords:	kbgraphic kbinterop kbprb KB48554