Deleted graphics still remain in document!!

[MikeKraken]

Hi all,

I'm using Microsoft Word 2002 (10.6612.6626) SP3 and have come
across a very strange animal. I had a document that I wanted to use
the same formatting for in another document... so, I copied my first
document file and began editing the copy. In my document, I had JPEG
images inside of text boxes. In my copy, I deleted the text boxes
without deleting the images first, and for some reason, the document
retained the images and now I can't delete them, leaving my copy to
sit at about a 4MB document for seven pages of only text.

I guess my question is, how can I remove the images from my
document? There is a lot of formatting and I really don't relish
copying my text into a brand-new document and reformatting all of my type.

Thanks for any ideas!

.... Mike. ^_^

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Hi, Mike. On the Reviewing toolbar, click on "Accept all tracked changes in
document".

 

[MikeKraken]

Unfortunately, that didn't work... thanks for the suggestion, tho'. I'm
completely out of ideas!

.... Mike.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Can you actually see the images in the document, or is it the file size
that makes you think the images are still there?

 

[MikeKraken]

No, the images are not visible. Like I said in my original message, I had
them in text boxes with some text underneath. Instead of deleting the images
and text before deleting the text box, I just deleted all of the text boxes.
I even tried it again, copying my original document and deleting the text
boxes only, and the file size does NOT change. They are still in there,
somehow!

.... Mike. *_*

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Hi, Mike. In Word, click on Tools | Options | Save, uncheck the "Allow fast
saves" box | OK. Click on File | Versions, and make sure previous versions
are not being saved with the document. If these don't fix the problem, then
I don't know what else could cause the file size to not shrink after you
delete the images.

 

[MikeKraken]

Well, I didn't have "Allow fast saves" checked off, and there were no
previous versions being saved. As I said, it's a very strange animal! Oh
well. Perhaps some day, somebody can solve this mystery. <LOL>

Thanks for all of your suggestions, Mr. Arbuckle.

.... Mike. ^_^

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Mike,

To add to garfield-n-oldie's suggestions -

It's possible that the file has become corrupted.
There are a number of methods to work through those.
Here are a couple:

Check in File=>Properties to uncheck the preview choice
and see if saving the document to a new file name
using File=>Save As, makes a difference. You can also
use File=>Save As Web Page, close the reopen the document
then save as a .doc file again (be sure you're saving
as a Word 2002 Document file type in File=>Save As

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Well, I didn't have "Allow fast saves" checked off, and there were no
previous versions being saved. As I said, it's a very strange animal! Oh
well. Perhaps some day, somebody can solve this mystery. <LOL>

Thanks for all of your suggestions, Mr. Arbuckle.

.... Mike. ^_^ >>