ID: Q189968
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If you insert a Lotus 1-2-3 version 4.0 or 5.0 object into PowerPoint 97 using the Insert menu, clicking Object and clicking Create From File, you see a solid black box where your image should be.
If you insert a Lotus 1-2-3 version 4.0 or 5.0 object into PowerPoint 97 using Copy and Paste, the fill colors are lost. For example, the area inside the bars of a bar chart lose their color.
This is because Lotus 1-2-3 versions 4.0 and 5.0 put device-dependent information in the metafiles it uses to represent its objects. The Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) recommends that you do not use device- dependent information in metafiles.
PowerPoint recognizes that the information provided is device-dependent so it simply ignores the information to prevent any future problems when using that object in PowerPoint.
This problem has been reported to Lotus by Microsoft development.
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Additional query words: 8.00 empty blank region 123 1 2 3 graph winppt ppt97
Keywords : kb3rdparty kbole
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbprbLast Reviewed: July 23, 1998