PasteSpecial Method

Object Behavior Shapes Adds the shape to the collection of shapes in the specified format. If the specified data type is a text data type, then a new text box is created with the text. If the paste succeeds, the PasteSpecial method returns a ShapeRange object representing the shape range that was pasted. TextRange Replaces the text range with the contents of the Clipboard in the format specified. Valid data types for this object are ppPasteText, ppPasteHTML, and ppPasteRTF (any other format generates an error). If the paste succeeds, this method returns a TextRange object representing the text range that was pasted. View Pastes the current contents of the Clipboard into the view represented by the View object. Valid views for the PasteSpecial method are the same as those for the Paste method. If the data type can’t be pasted into the view (for example, trying to paste a picture into Slide Sorter View), then an error occurs.

expression.PasteSpecial(DataType, DisplayAsIcon, IconFileName, IconIndex, IconLabel, Link)

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.

DataType   Optional PpPasteDataType. A format for the Clipboard contents when they're inserted into the document. The default value varies, depending on the contents in the Clipboard. An error occurs if the specified data type in the DataType argument is not supported by the clipboard contents.

DisplayAsIcon   Optional MsoTriState. MsoTrue to display the embedded object (or link) as an icon.

IconFileName   Optional String. If DisplayAsIcon is set to msoTrue, this argument is the path and file name for the file in which the icon to be displayed is stored. If DisplayAsIcon is set to msoFalse, this argument is ignored.

IconIndex   Optional Long. If DisplayAsIcon    is set to msoTrue, this argument is a number that corresponds to the icon you want to use in the program file specified by IconFilename   . Icons appear in the Change Icon dialog box, accessed from the Standard toolbar (Insert menu, Object command, Create New option): 0 (zero) corresponds to the first icon, 1 corresponds to the second icon, and so on. If this argument is omitted, the first (default) icon is used. If DisplayAsIcon    is set to msoFalse, then this argument is ignored. If IconIndex    is outside the valid range, then the default icon (index 0) is used.

IconLabel   Optional String. If DisplayAsIcon    is set to msoTrue, this argument is the text that appears below the icon. If this label is missing, Microsoft PowerPoint generates an icon label based on the Clipboard contents. If DisplayAsIcon    is set to msoFalse, then this argument is ignored.

Link   Optional MsoTriState. Determines whether to create a link to the source file of the Clipboard contents. An error occurs if the Clipboard contents do not support a link.

Remarks

An error occurs if there is no data on the Clipboard when the PasteSpecial method is called.

Example

The following example pastes a bitmap image as an icon into another window. This example assumes there are two open windows, and a bitmap image in the first window is currently selected.

Sub PasteOLEObject()
    Windows(1).Selection.Copy
    Windows(2).View.PasteSpecial DataType:=ppPasteOLEObject, _
        DisplayAsIcon:=msoTrue, IconLabel:="New Bitmap Image"
End Sub