OFF98: Cannot Insert PowerPoint Slide into an Office Program

• Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

You cannot insert a Microsoft PowerPoint slide into a Microsoft Excel workbook or a Microsoft Word document. You cannot insert the slide by using the user interface or by using a Visual Basic for Applications procedure.

If you click Object on the Insert menu, no command exists for inserting PowerPoint slide.

If you try to programmatically insert a PowerPoint object, you receive the following error message:

   Run-time error '1004'
   Cannot insert object

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition. PowerPoint 98 is not an OLE Automation server; therefore, you cannot insert a PowerPoint object into another program.

REFERENCES

For more information about using Automation when you insert an object, click the Office Assistant, type "automation," click Search, and then click to view "Add Method (OLEObjects Collection)."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q124809
   TITLE     : How to Add/Remove a Single Office for Mac Program or
               Component