PUB: Problems Importing ChurchArt Brand Clip Art

Q148844

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0
 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
 - Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
 - Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
 - Microsoft Imager for Windows 95, version 2.0
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SYMPTOMS
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If you try to import a TIFF file from one of the ChurchArt clip art
collections published by Communications Resources into Publisher, you
may receive an error similar to the following:

   Publisher cannot convert this picture.

   This is either because Publisher doesn't recognize the format of
   the picture you want to add or there was an error loading a
   graphic converter. Publisher has graphic converters that enable it
   to recognize most picture formats. Some of these converters may
   be missing. To install converters for word processors and graphics,
   run Publisher Setup again.

You may receive similar errors inserting the same TIFF image into any
of the other programs listed at the beginning of this article.

The same image will be imported correctly into Publisher for Windows,
versions 2.0 and 2.0a.

CAUSE
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Many of the TIFF images published in the ChurchArt clip art collections
have invalid information in their file headers. These graphics do not
follow the published TIFF specification.

The 16-bit TIFF filter used by Publisher 2.0 and the 16-bit versions of the
Microsoft Office programs assumes certain default information about every
TIFF image; the filter does not look in an individual image's header to
verify the information. The 32-bit TIFF filter, on the other hand, tries to
read the information from an image's header. If the image header contains
incorrect or invalid information, the filter will reject the image.

RESOLUTION
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Method 1:   Repair the TIFF file header.

            a. Open the TIFF image in a photo-editing program such as
               Adobe PhotoShop, Corel Photo-Paint, Micrographx Picture
               Publisher, or Microsoft Imager for Windows, version 1.0.
               Some of these products may give you an error message
               when you try to open the image, but they will be able to
               open it anyway.

            b. Save the file. If you are opening the file from CD-ROM,
               you will have to save it with a new file name.

            The image should now be imported correctly into Publisher for
            Windows 95 and the Office for Windows 95 programs.

Method 2:   Open the file in a 16-bit program, copy it, and paste it into
            Publisher for Windows 95.

            a. Install Publisher 2.0 or Word 6.0 into its own directory
               on your computer.

            b. Import the document into one of these programs.

            c. Select the picture and click Copy on the Edit menu.

            d. Start Publisher for Windows 95.

            e. On the Edit menu, click Paste.

STATUS
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Communications Resources is aware of this problem.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 w_mspub pub3 pub95