Printing problems in Powerpoint

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Dick Ruesenberg

A presentation that has been created by several people
has imported graphics that are creating problems when we
try to print it to a color laser printer (Canon CLC2400
w/ Fiery ColorPass V80 RIP) A window pops up requesting
to convert something from Word to another format, with
several choices within a drop down menu. Specifically, it
brings up MS Word, with a window that states in the title
bar "Convert From", and gives the choices in a drop down
menu. (Text format, RTF, etc.)I am assuming that it wants
to convert the graphic to something else, but this only
happens on this computer. (running Windows XP Pro, Office
XP Pro)Do I have an Option that is not set right, or
something else?
 
brings up MS Word, with a window that states in the title
bar "Convert From", and gives the choices in a drop down
menu. (Text format, RTF, etc.)I
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I suspect that it's trying to open a linked text file of some sort, and that
the file type has no association on this specific machine. I'm not entirely
secure in that guess, but do you know which slide this file is on?

John O
 
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I suspect that it's trying to open a linked text file of some sort, and that
the file type has no association on this specific machine. I'm not entirely
secure in that guess, but do you know which slide this file is on?
Yes, we think we have narrowed it down to one particular
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slide, but can you give me a short desciption of the
rules for importing from Word, or converting (formatting)
graphics?
 
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of
some sort, and that particular
slide, but can you give me a short desciption of the
rules for importing from Word, or converting (formatting)
graphics?
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problem is related to using a "Copy & Paste" function
rather than "Import-Picture-From File". Can anyone shed
some light on why this is so?
 
After much discussion, we have determined that the
problem is related to using a "Copy & Paste" function
rather than "Import-Picture-From File". Can anyone shed
some light on why this is so?
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Glad you were able to nail that down. Copy/Paste creates OLE instances, and
'Insert...' embeds the image/doc.

OLE is a great idea that just isn't, and hasn't ever been, reliable. It
might work for a while, then we get blasted by a coronal mass ejection and
the OLE links break. Sometimes the moon rises and the links break. IOW, for
no reason at all. Count on it. :-)

Embedding is a far more reliable method in MS apps.

John O
 
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