PowerPoint Crashes

[hmoody]

I am using a MacBook Pro with Tiger 10.4.8 and Microsoft Office 2004.
When I try to copy a picture from one PowerPoint Presentation to
another, PowerPoint crashes and everything is lost. Any suggestions?

Harvey

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

You don't state what steps you are taking. I'll assume you are using Edit >
Copy and Edit > Paste. Doing it this way uses the MacOS clipboard.

Office has its own clipboard, so maybe if you use that one it will work
without problem. Click the red Toolbox icon and click the left tab to get
the scrapbook. Try using the scrapbook to move the object.

Another alternative is to control-click on the picture. Save the picture as
a file, then import the file into the other presentation.

The crash indicates there might be corruption in the picture itself, so if
you get it to move successfully you might consider deleting the original and
replacing it with its copy.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

I am using a MacBook Pro with Tiger 10.4.8 and Microsoft Office 2004.
When I try to copy a picture from one PowerPoint Presentation to
another, PowerPoint crashes and everything is lost. Any suggestions?

Harvey

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info

 

[hmoody]

Hi,

You don't state what steps you are taking. I'll assume you are using Edit >
Copy and Edit > Paste. Doing it this way uses the MacOS clipboard.

Office has its own clipboard, so maybe if you use that one it will work
without problem. Click the red Toolbox icon and click the left tab to get
the scrapbook. Try using the scrapbook to move the object.

Another alternative is to control-click on the picture. Save the picture as
a file, then import the file into the other presentation.

The crash indicates there might be corruption in the picture itself, so if
you get it to move successfully you might consider deleting the original and
replacing it with its copy.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP




--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP infohttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Thanks. I'll give this a try when I get home to my Mac.
Harvey