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Chad Ruby
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Posted on - 12/09/2011
I am creating a PowerPoint presentation when I got this server application error that says the server application source file or item cannot be found or returned an unknown error. It suggested me to reinstall the server application.
I get this error when I was inserting PDF object to one of my PowerPoint slides. What should I do?
Is there another way of inserting PDF objects to PowerPoint?
Please send some help.
The server application, source file, or item can't be found, or returned an unknown error, You may need to reinstall the server application.
How do I insert PDF objects to Powerpoint slides?
Below are the steps to follow when inserting a PDF file or part of it to PowerPoint, the steps will change according to the version of the PDF Reader you are using:
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Adobe Reader version 7.x
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Follow these steps to copy a PDF or a part of PDF file to PowerPoint;
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Open the file in Adobe Reader.
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From the Tools menu, Choose the Basic submenu, and Click Select.
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Now highlight the text that you want copied. Alternatively, on the Edit menu, Click on Select All to highlight the entire contents of the file.
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Then click on Copy on the Edit menu.
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In the PowerPoint file, click where you want the text to appear and click on Paste on the Home menu under the Clipboard group.
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Incase it the information is in graphic from, follow these steps;
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Open the file in Adobe Reader.
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From the Tools menu, Choose the Basic submenu, and Click on Snapshot Tool.
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Find the graphics you want copied.
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Copy the graphic to the clip board by drawing a rectangle around the graphic by holding the mouse key. When you are done, this massage will appear “The selected area has been copied to the Clipboard.”
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In the PowerPoint file, click where you want the graphic to appear and click on Paste on the Home menu under the Clipboard group.
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Adobe Reader version 6.x
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Follow these steps to copy a PDF or a part of PDF file to PowerPoint;
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Open the file in Adobe Reader.
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From the Tools menu, Choose the Basic submenu, and Click Select Text.
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Now highlight the text that you want copied. Alternatively, on the Edit menu, Click on Select All to highlight the entire contents of the file. Then click on Copy on the Edit menu.
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In the PowerPoint file, click where you want the text to appear and click on Paste on the Home menu under the Clipboard group.
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In case it the information is an image from, follow these steps;
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Open the file in Adobe Reader.
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From the Tools menu, Choose the Basic submenu, and Click Select Image.
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Find the image you want copied.
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Copy the image by Right clicking on it and select Copy image to Clipboard
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In the PowerPoint file, click where you want the graphic to appear and click on Paste on the Home menu under the Clipboard group.
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Acrobat Reader version 5.x
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Follow these steps to copy text from a PDF or a part of PDF file; (please note that Text formatting may be lost when you paste the text in another file)
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Open the file in Adobe Reader and from the File Menu, click Export Document to Text.
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Provide name and location for the text file and then click on Save.
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From the File Menu in PowerPoint, click Open.
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Locate the text file you saved, chose the file and then click on Open.
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Follow these steps to copy a PDF or a part of PDF file to PowerPoint;
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Open the file in Adobe Reader.
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Click on the Text Select tool.
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Now highlight the text that you want copied. Alternatively, on the Edit menu, Click on Select All to highlight the entire contents of the file. Then click on Copy on the Edit menu.
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In the PowerPoint file, click where you want the text to appear and click on Paste on the Home menu under the Clipboard group.
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In case it the information is an image from, follow these steps;
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Open the file in Adobe Reader.
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Click on the Graphic Select tool.
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Find the image you want copied and select Copy on the Edit Menu
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In the PowerPoint file, click where you want the image to appear and click on Paste on the Home menu under the Clipboard group.
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Acrobat Reader version 4.x
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The following steps will help you to copy a PDF file to PowerPoint;
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Open the file in Adobe Reader.
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Select the page you want copied.
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Click on the Text Select tool on the Basic toolbar
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Click Select All, on the Edit menu and click on Copy
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In the PowerPoint file, click where you want the text to appear and click on Paste on the Home menu under the Clipboard group.
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In case you want to copy the whole PDF file to PowerPoint, follow these steps:
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Open the file in Adobe Reader.
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Click Continuous on the View menu
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Click Select All, on the Edit menu and click on Copy
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In the PowerPoint file, click where you want the text to appear and click on Paste on the Home menu under the Clipboard group.
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In case it the information is an image from, follow these steps;
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Open the file in Adobe Reader.
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Press the SHIFT Key and click on Text Select Tool.
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Click the Graphic Select Tool on the toolbar without releasing the SHIFT key.
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Draw a rectangle around the image when the insertion point changes to a cross-hair icon.
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Click on Copy on the Edit Menu.
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In the PowerPoint file, click where you want the image to appear and click on Paste on the Home menu under the Clipboard group.
How do I insert PDF objects to Powerpoint slides?
The problem is with how you are copying the text in the pdf document and pasting in the powerpoint document. Use the following procedure:
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Select the text that you will want to include in the powerpoint presentation from the pdf file and copy it. Make sure that you copy reasonable text that can fit in the text box of the powerpoint slide, because if you copy so much text that a powerpoint slide cannot accommodate then you will get an error as the one you are getting.
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When pasting in the powerpoint slide, make sure that you paste the text inside the textbox. You can note where you are pasting the text by checking the position of the blinking cursor.
When you do it that way, it should work unless your computer has some other problem.
Regards
Thompson Locker
