Windows 7 Copy photo from My Pictures to Clipboard

[chpetunia]

I have a needlework charting program what will convert a photo to a graph/chart.
The photo is in My Pictures. The program wants to import from Clipboard, not directly from pictures file folder. I have tried all I know.

Is this significant? When I click Start and All Programs, no Clipboard.
I do not see Clipboard in Office. Start-Search, no Clipboard.

I understand cut and paste, sent to, etc.
I do not understand Clipboard.

I would appreciate any ideas.
Thank you

 

[Mitchell_A]

When you cut/copy, the object is placed on the clipboard... If select "copy" on the picture, it is copied to the clipboard. The last version of Windows that had a clipboard viewer was XP.
So copy the picture and import it from the clipboard within the program.

 

[whs]

My guess would be that this program has it's own Clipboard. Some programs do and use the word 'clipboard' to confuse us.