Users often want to copy specific graphs from SAS Web Report Studio or the SAS Information Delivery Portal into a Microsoft Office document or presentation.

There are a few standard mechanisms for doing this, such as exporting the entire report or right-clicking the graph and choosing Save Image As … (PNG or BMP). However, these require multiple steps since the user then has to open the application and use the Insert menu to browse to (and remember) where the image/file was saved.

Here is a handy shortcut that involves no saving, browsing or manual inserts.

Note: This illustration shows Microsoft Word, though it could be any other application such as PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.

Step 1: Open Word, PowerPoint, etc.
Step 2: In WRS, click and drag image to copy.
Step 3: Drag to and hover over Word application on taskbar.
Note: You will initially see the symbol, but the application will open after a couple of seconds.
Step 4: Drag into the active document to the desired location and drop – a few seconds later, the image will appear as an embedded (not linked) object, which you can easily resize, reposition, etc.