Copy and/or Paste in graphic frame crashes Frame

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Jenny:

Instead of selecting the frame, have you tried selecting the graphic 
or the existing callout line by clicking on them, then pasting?

At 7:21 PM -0400 4/21/06, Roberts, Jenny 000 wrote:
>Long time lurker-first time poster.
>Using Windows XP SP2, FrameMaker 7.1 p116
>
>I have a document with a frame in which I import a graphic by reference.
>I need two pointer lines to draw attention to two separate areas on that
>graphic. Our style guide requires parallel pointer lines. Using the
>Tools Palette, I draw one line to callout a field. I select that line
>and press Ctrl+C to copy it. I then re-select the graphic frame (to make
>sure the copied line ends up in the right frame and not floating
>around), then press Ctrl+V to paste the copied line. Sometimes it works
>fine, most times either the copy or the paste action crashes Frame
>completely and I lose everything.

HTH

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