Error Placing Image. Selecting Touch Up Object Tool, Right clicking and selecting Insert Image, select a jpeg file (or any other picture file), and get error "Incorrect PDE Object type".
Using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 with Windows 8.1. I can't even insert an image created in Photoshop Essentials.
Ok, this is what I have found to work for me (most of the time). This was something that someone showed me a long time ago, but I forgot the steps, and it took me a while to remember the correct steps again. It doesn't always work when you try it, but if you are persistent and keep trying, especially after closing Acrobat a few times, it will usually eventually work. I am using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro on a Windows 10 machine. This issue occurs randomly when I try to copy an image or group of text using the Touch Up Object Tool and you get the Incorrect PDEObject Error message.
Before trying the fix, I recommend that you close all open Acobe Acrobat files and open just the one that you are having the trouble with. It might not make any difference, but its what has generally worked for me.
1. Select the object that you got the Incorrect PDEObject Error message on.
2. Right click on that object (or whatever the right click equivalent is on Macs).
3. Select Create Artifact. A pop up box will appear.
4. On the left side, where it says "Artificat Type," you can select "Page" or "Layout" (I don't think that it matters). You can leave the right side blank, where it asks you to "Attach to Side(s)" as I have no idea what that does.
5. Hit Save. For some reason, hitting save after each step seems to drastically increase the chances of this working, as opposed to the times when I don't hit save after each step. (In some rare occasions, I have had to actually save and close the program after each step, but usually hitting save after each step is sufficient).
6. Right click on the object.
7. Try clicking "Copy" from the pop-up menu. If you DO NOT get the "Incorrect PDEObject" message, then it worked, and the object has been copied to your clipboard (verify by trying to paste into the other PDF document you were trying to paste into). IF YOU GET the "Incorrect PDEObject" message, then proceed to Step 8.
8. Right click on the object.
9. Click "Properties" from the pop-up menu.
10. Select the "Content" Tab. Under the Content Tab, look for a drop down menu next to the word "Container Tag:" (It should say "Artifact" in the drop-down menu).
11. Select "Figure" from the drop down menu. I have also had luck selecting "Paragraph," "Part," "Section," or "Table." You can try selecting anything from the list, sometimes it doesn't really matter, as it is supposed to make the object into some sort of recognizible object or "thing" that Acrobat can then read and copy and paste, theoretically.
12. Click "Close."
13. Hit Save.
14. Right Click on the object.
15. Try clicking "Copy" from the pop-up menu. If you DO NOT get the "Incorrect PDEObject" message, then it worked, and the object has been copied to your clipboard (verify by trying to paste into the other PDF document you were trying to paste into). IF YOU GET the "Incorrect PDEObject" message, then proceed to Step 16.
16. Right Click on the object.
17. Click "Remove Artifact" from the pop-up menu, and click Save. If "Remove Artifact" is NOT PRESENT, Repeat Steps 3 - 15.
Again, a few things to note.
- It does not work every time, but it will usually work eventually.
-It may work one minute and then not work the next minute (very frustrating, I know).
-When in doubt, hit Save and/or close the program and start again.
-Sometimes moving the object to another area in the document can make things easier in terms of selecting it and only it, since you will likely be selecting it multiple times.
-Have a lot of patience.
-Good Luck!
I hope that this helps.
Take Care,
-David
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