Clip2002: Clip Organizer Cannot Read Design Gallery CIL Files

When you are prompted to select a program to open a downloaded Clip Gallery Package file (CIL) from the Microsoft Office Online Clip Art Web site and you select Clip Organizer, a new instance of Clip Organizer runs. It behaves as though it is reading the file, but nothing happens.

Clip Gallery Package files were designed to work with Clip Gallery versions 3, 4, and 5. Clip Organizer 2002 does not read CIL files. Clip Organizer 2002 reads a new format: Media Package Files (MPF).

Download files from the Microsoft Office Online Clip Art Web site in the MPF format. You can set the Microsoft Office Online Clip Art Web site to default to the MPF format. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Visit the following Microsoft Web site:
   http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx (http://dgl.microsoft.com)
2. Find the file that you want to download, and then add it to the Basket.
3. Click Download item.
4. Click Download Now, and then download the file.

Note If you use Office XP with Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, click import to Clip Organizer 2002 or a later version when you download a clip.

For additional information about downloading clips from the web, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: