DOS Compatibility Card: Cannot Convert Custom Clipboards (1/95)


I have a DOS Compatibility Card for the Power Macintosh and I am trying to copy Adobe PhotoShop clipboard contents to the Macintosh. But, when I copy the contents from Windows and switch over to the Macintosh there is nothing in the clipboard.

Adobe PhotoShop and a few other high-end Window paint application programs use their own clipboard instead of the Windows clipboard. Some applications have ways of setting the preferences so that they convert things into the Windows clipboard format. In applications like Adobe PhotoShop that do not allow you to change the clipboard settings, there are a couple of options.

1) Open the Window application Clipboard Viewer before you switch between
the Windows and Macintosh platforms. This forces Adobe PhotoShop to
convert the clipboard into a standard Windows format.

2) Minimize Adobe PhotoShop. This also forces Adobe PhotoShop to convert
the clipboard into a standard Windows format.


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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012