Paste Linked Slides Have Placeholders for Metacharacters
PSS ID Number: Q104707
Article last modified on 11-23-1994
PSS database name: POWERPT

3.00
WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 3.0
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to use "metacharacters" on the slide
master to automatically place page numbers, dates, or times on slides.
These metacharacters appear as "##", "//" or "::" (respectively) until
the slide is printed or the on-screen slide show is run.
If you link a slide from a PowerPoint presentation using the Paste
Link command, it will show the actual metacharacter ("##", "//", or
"::") instead of page numbers, date, or time.
However, if you paste the slide with the Paste command, the numbering
comes with it.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Open a PowerPoint presentation.
2. Select Slide Sorter view.
3. Select a slide.
4. Copy the slide.
5. Open or create another presentation.
6. From the Edit menu, choose Paste Special.
7. Select PowerPoint Slide Object.
8. Click the Paste Link button.

The slide will paste with placeholders rather than data.

WORKAROUND
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1. Open a PowerPoint presentation.
2. From the View menu, choose Slide Sorter.
3. Select a slide.
4. Copy the slide.
5. Go to the other presentation.
6. From the Edit menu, choose Paste.

The slide will paste with the page numbers, and so on, rather than
simply displaying the metacharacter.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint version
3.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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