Constant Show/Hide Button ??

[Jolene]

Hi There,

We have a small business with three computers, all with
Word 2000, and they all work nicely except the one, it
seems like it has the Show/Hide button on all the time -
but it doesn't - acutally, the show/hide button doesn't do
anything because it is always showing the characters no
matter what. As well, when you go to insert something
like a picture - it doesn't insert the picture, it just
inserts the file and path name, the picture ends up
printing out just fine, but it makes it a little hard to
align whatever you've inserted when you can't see it.
This is a frustrating problem and it would be great if I
could find out what is wrong, and hopefully it can be
fixed.
Thanks.

 

[Jolene]

That was easy! Thank you so much, that saved much
frustration!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And for the second problem, clear the check box for "Field codes" on the
View tab of Tools | Options (or press Alt+F9).

 

[Guest]

Hi There,
I know I just wrote a thanks, and I am thankful-that did
work great, however when I insert a picture it is still
not right. It will give you a big square where it should
be but all you get is a border, you can't see the picture,
or if you are lucky and you go to edit picture, when you
close it, it will change it to something like {Embed
Word.Picture 8} Which when you print it works but I'd
really prefer to see the picture, can you help me with
that?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Guess I should have read your whole post! Press Alt+F9 to toggle off display
of field codes... that should change the { EMBED } field into a picture or a
picture placeholder. Then click on Tools | Options | View tab | uncheck the
"Picture placeholders" box | check the "Drawings" box | Print tab | uncheck
the "Field codes" box | check the "Drawing objects" box | OK.