Drawing in table

[Elbert]

Hi,

I'm using Word 2003 and Windows XP Pro on a tablet PC. I need to put a
drawing in a cell of a table. I insert a one column, one row table (single
cell), put the cursor in the cell, and do insert>picture>new drawing. Word
inserts a drawing canvas in the cell, and I can use the drawing toolbar and
also add ink.

This works fine a couple or three times. Then I do it again, with a new
one-cell table. As soon as I try to add ink to the drawing, the drawing
canvas suddenly expands downward past the end of the table and all the way to
the bottom of the page (past the footer.) It also messes up my ink.

If I reboot (not just restart Word), it will work a couple of times, then
it's back to not working. I have the same problem if I insert>picture>ink
drawing and writing.

If anybody has an idea what's going on here, I'd sure like to know what it is.

Thanks,

Elbert

 

[Mary Sauer]

Check out your video driver.
Do this, slide the acceleration down on your adapter, control panel, display folder,
settings tab, advanced button, troubleshoot tab. If this solves your issue, go to the
manufacturer's web site of your video adapter and look around for an updated driver.

 

[Elbert]

Hi Mary,

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but it did not make a difference.

What did make a difference was this: while I was in the control panel, I
tried add or change programs>office>repair. After the repair, when I tried to
insert a drawing into a table cell, nothing happened at all. Zip. Nada. Is
doing nothing an improvement over doing the wrong thing? Too philosophical
for me.

Anyhow, I discovered this: I had been inserting the one-cell tables with a
recorded macro that inserted the cell and set its size border style. Then I
would insert the new drawing into the cell. It turns out that if I don't use
the macro, but create the cell by going through the table menu, then I can
insert a drawing into it without a problem (so far, at least.) It appears
that the macro, which worked fine for weeks, had inexplicably gone flooey,
and the repair feature just changed one mess into another. What a product.

Thanks again for trying to help. Your suggestion was one I would never have
thought to try, and I'm sure that in another case with the same symptoms it
would have fixed the problem.

Elbert