ACC97: Can't Paste Special Link as Icon into Word or Excel

• Microsoft Access 97

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you use the Paste Special command on the Edit menu to paste a Microsoft Access object into Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word, and you click to select the Paste Link and the Display As Icon check boxes in the Paste Special dialog box, the image that is pasted onto the spreadsheet or document will have the following behavior.

In Microsoft Word
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   The table rather than an icon will be pasted onto the document, and you
   will not be able to activate the object by double-clicking it. 

   A blank rectangle rather than an icon will be pasted onto the
   spreadsheet, and you will not be able to active the object by
   double-clicking it. 

CAUSE

You cannot paste a Microsoft Access object into Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel and display it as an icon.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 97.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Open Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word.



2. Open Microsoft Access and the sample database Northwind.mdb.



3. In the Database window, select the Categories table and on the Edit menu, click Copy.



4. Switch to Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word and on the Edit menu, click Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, click to select the Paste Link and the Display As Icon check boxes, and then click OK.
   
   Note that the icon is pasted as a table in Microsoft Word and as a blank rectangle in Microsoft Excel.

REFERENCES

For more information about linking table data from Microsoft Access, search the Help Index for "linked tables, overview," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.

Keywords          : kbinterop IntpOff 
Version           : 97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: April 29, 1999