Image copy&pasted from Firefox into Publisher are offset from the page

[debraspicher]

This is taken from this thread as I couldn't find anyone else who had this issue. Not sure if this is a "bug" as it has to do with how Publisher imports clipboard data, but it's peculiar behavior for Firefox users so am posting here in case it is helpful.

So, normally when I would copy&paste an image, I would just right-click and use "Copy image" in context menu. Images copied this method go way off the page someplace when pasted into the document and have to be tracked down by panning or use align/transform options to center onto the page. I suspected it was taking some HTML bits that were being copied into Publisher and influencing positioning.

Example:

 

The fix: So outside of saving the image and importing in through menus, I figured out if I right-clicked outside the image for example on a DIV/text container, I could use "Take Screenshot" in context menu which I had done in the past. I can hover over the image and copy that method using the Screenshot option which treats it more like an image slice. It saves it as a straight image and I'm able to copy&paste straight into the page centered just fine.

TLDR: If you are a Firefox user, use "Take Screenshot" option instead of copy image so that you are surely getting only image data.

 

I looked into a clipboard viewer to verify that this was happening. Here is what I discovered:

"Copy image" option in right-click context menu (Clipboard Data)




"Take Screenshot" option in right-click context menu (Clipboard Data)

[walt.farrell]

After you do a "Copy Image", what do you see for your options in Publisher if you do Edit > Paste Special?

[debraspicher]

3 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

After you do a "Copy Image", what do you see for your options in Publisher if you do Edit > Paste Special?

Interesting.

[walt.farrell]

Thanks. And if you choose Device Independent Bitmap, does it work better? 

What happens if you try Copy Image in a different browser, followed by Paste Special?

[debraspicher]

8 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks. And if you choose Device Independent Bitmap, does it work better? 

What happens if you try Copy Image in a different browser, followed by Paste Special?

Yes this works. Thanks ❤️ I like the screenshot option as it's a tad faster, but if I need the full image size then I can use this option.

I'll have to check other browsers later.