Paste pictures (bitmaps) from Windows Clipboard

[Optiker]

I am runnming Office 2003, and have noticed changes i behavior from the
previous version I had used in the way I paste bitmaps into PowerPoint
slides.

I often generate images in another non-Office, non-MS program that I
capture using a screen capture utility, then paste into PowerPoint. In my
previous version of Office, I simply clicked the Paste icon on the toolbar,
or used Ctrl-V.

In the current version, when I do that, something pastes, but it is
"invisible" - that is, if I click in the general area, I get the handles of
the right size image, but there is nothing visible. If I have the Office
Clipboard open, the image I copied and want to paste is there, but pastes
as described above.

If I select Paste Special from the Edit dropdown, then select Bitmap rather
than the default Device Independent Bitmap, then it pastes properly, as a
visible image.

What it going on? Is there a way to set PowerPoint so that I can simply use
the Paste icon in the toolbar, or Crtl-V to past images? It is very
incopnvenient to have to use multiple clicks to paste the image instead of
one, or a keyboard shortcut.

Thanks!
Optiker

 

[Optiker]

Steve...that works fine. However, I'd rather not do it that way as then I
need to crop the full-screen capture, and it takes more time to do that
accurately and repeatably than to have to use the multiple click insert
that I described in my opriginal post. Clearly, there is something
different from what I used to do since it worked in the past...question is
what and how do I fix it?

Ideas now that the test shows that itworks OK with screen capture via Print
Screen?

Thanks!
Optiker

 

[Optiker]

Steve...After I ran your test and replied to you earlier this morning, I
started doing some work that required me to copy form one program and paste
into a PPT presentation. I did everything the same as always. I always have
PPT running with a blank presentation open when I begin that kind of work.
Anyhow, everything worked great - not a problem at all. I can't explain it,
but something changed. But, I did go into Edit-Paste Special and select
JPEG as my preferred paste. Maybe that's what was set to "device
dependent..." and somehow got changed.

Now, having selected that, does that stay as a default then? Or will I need
to reset it each time I open PPT?

In any case, it's working fine now. Thank you for your suggestions. Nice to
have it back to normal.

Optiker