XL98: Text Dragged from Microsoft PowerPoint to Microsoft Excel Does Not Appear (183323)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q183323 SYMPTOMS
If you select text in a text box in Microsoft PowerPoint and attempt to
drag the text to a cell in a Microsoft Excel, the text may not appear in
the cell.
NOTE: If you click Move From on the shortcut menu to move the text from
Microsoft PowerPoint to Microsoft Excel, the text is removed from Microsoft
PowerPoint and does not appear in the cell in Microsoft Excel.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:
- You use the mouse to drag text in a text box on a slide in Microsoft
PowerPoint to a cell in Microsoft Excel.
-and-
- You hold down COMMAND+OPTION before you hold down the mouse button to
move the data.
-and-
- You release the mouse button in the cell before you release
COMMAND+OPTION so that the shortcut menu appears.
-and-
- You select any item on the shortcut menu except Create Hyperlink Here.
NOTE: If the Microsoft PowerPoint document is not saved, no hyperlink is
created.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem and copy the text, drag it from Microsoft
PowerPoint to Microsoft Excel without holding down any keys. You do not
need to use the shortcut menu.
If you want to recover the text in Microsoft PowerPoint after you click
Move From on the shortcut menu, switch to Microsoft PowerPoint and click
Undo Drag And Drop on the Edit menu.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 98
Macintosh Edition.
MORE INFORMATION
When you press COMMAND+OPTION when you perform a drag-and-drop operation, a
shortcut menu appears. You can select the action you want to perform from
the shortcut menu. However, when you drag text from a text box in a
Microsoft PowerPoint slide to a cell in Microsoft Excel, the only command
that functions is the Create Hyperlink Here command.
REFERENCES
For more information about drag-and-drop editing between programs, click
Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are
using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click
the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
and then click Show Topics. Select the "Drag information between programs"
topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need,
ask the Office Assistant.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/3/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbinterop KB183323 |
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