Can't drag and drop from Preview into Powerpoint

I'm having an odd problem, in that I cannot drag a thumbnail in Preview into Powerpoint. I used to be able to do this in Leopard, wherein I could drag the thumbnail from Preview to Powerpoint (I have 2008) and it would place the picture on the slide, but in Lion and Mountain Lion, it only posts the file path as text. Something similar happens when I try to copy and paste the thumbnail, though it's a different filepath, presumably to the clipboard. I can successfully drag the thumbnail to the desktop, where it copies the file, and then drag that file onto Powerpoint, where the picture then appears.
I suppose my questions are twofold: Is this the normal and expected behavior? And is it possible to revert to the old behavior, under Leopard?

I might be wrong, but ...
I know Microsoft Office 2011 is Mountain Lion compatible. In fact, Microsoft released updates to it right around the time of Mountain Lion's release to assure compatibility.
I do not believe Microsoft Office 2008 is Mountain Lion compatible.

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