DOCUMENT:Q155482 16-APR-2000 [powerpt] TITLE :PowerPoint Pattern Fills and Word's Picture Editor PRODUCT :Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:7.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbgraphic kbinterop kbole ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 - Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If a PowerPoint 7.0 drawing object has a pattern fill and you bring the object into Word 7.0 to edit with Word's picture editor, the fill retains the object's shape but the pattern becomes a solid color. CAUSE ===== This happens to PowerPoint 7.0 objects that have a pattern fill and are copied and pasted, or drag and dropped, into Word 7.0. The picture editor in Word does not correctly process the pattern fills created by PowerPoint tools. RESOLUTION ========== If you must edit a pattern-filled drawing object, copy it back into PowerPoint to make the changes. Then you can copy and paste the object back into your Word document. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows. Additional query words: w_powerpt w_ppt ppt7 ppt95 w_word word95 winword ====================================================================== Keywords : kbgraphic kbinterop kbole Technology : kbWordSearch kbPowerPtSearch kbWord700Search kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search kbWord700 Version : WINDOWS:7.0 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.