clip art not visible in any view except print preview

[PHILCHAMBORD]

MS Office student and Teacher Edition 2003.

While using Insert clip art and picture feature, the images suddenly failed
to become visible in any view except "Print preview." All that is visible is
a rectanglular outline with 9 square dots that change to a rectangle when
clicking outside the "Image."

Reboot and reinstall failed to correct the situation.

Any suggestions gratefully accepted. Thank You,

Phil Cucinotta

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

A few things to try:
1. In Word, if you're working in Normal view, then switch to
Print Layout view (View | Print Layout), because objects that are
formatted as "float over text" (Word 97) or as something other
than "inline with text" (Word 2000, 2002, and 2003) are not
visible in Normal view.
2. In Word, click on Tools | Options | View tab | check the
"Drawings" box and uncheck the "Picture placeholders" box | Print
tab | check the "Drawing objects" box | OK.
3. If neither of the previous suggestions fixes the problem,
then try reducing or turning off hardware acceleration in Start |
Control Panel | Display | Settings | Advanced | Troubleshoot. If
this fixes the problem, then you might want to check the website
of the manufacturer of your video card/graphics adapter to see if
there is an updated driver available.