Copying images directly from web browser into PowerPoint

[J. Craig Hall]

My wife, who teaches Art History, just switched from XP. She's got a C2D
Macbook with Office 2004, and is having difficulty copying images directly
from webpages into her PowerPoint presentations. In XP, she would
right-click the desired image on a web page, select "Copy", and then she'd
switch to her presentation and just Ctrl-V to drop it on to her slide. Using
Firefox on OS X, she can't find a way to get an image from a web page on to
her slide without first saving the image file on the HD. So basically it
amounts to an extra step. It seems trivial, but if we can't find a way to
make this process as easy for her in OS X as it was for her in XP, she might
make me send back her Macbook and buy her a new XP laptop instead. I know,
this is a terrible thought, so someone please help us quick! Thanks!

 

[CyberTaz]

What version of Firefox?

I'm running 2.0.0.1 & have no difficulty. The only difference on the Mac is
that the contextual menu command may read as "Copy Picture" rather than
simply "Copy". Other than that the process is identical. Have you tried in
Safari rather than Firefox? Any difference?

Make sure that OS X, Office & Firefox are fully updated & that you run Disk
Utility - Repair Disk Permissions after applying any required updates.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

My wife, who teaches Art History, just switched from XP. She's got a C2D
Macbook with Office 2004, and is having difficulty copying images directly
from webpages into her PowerPoint presentations. In XP, she would
right-click the desired image on a web page, select "Copy", and then she'd
switch to her presentation and just Ctrl-V to drop it on to her slide. Using
Firefox on OS X, she can't find a way to get an image from a web page on to
her slide without first saving the image file on the HD. So basically it
amounts to an extra step.

FWIW, it's not a bad idea to take the extra step; in some cases copy/pasting
from a web site brings along a link that causes PPT to try to connect to the
net each time you open the presentation. Saving to disk first prevents that
from happening.



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