Graphics Compatability Issues with Word

[John Masalskis]

I'm currently using Word 2002 as part of a Microsoft
Office XP install. The graphics..(Boxes, Arrows..etc)
inside of the word documents are all overlapping and
stretched vs viewing the same document in an older version
of Word.

Does someone know of any compatibility issues like this
with the Office XP products vs an older verions of Office??

Thanks,
John

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi John,

Word 2002 does have a different graphics processing interface
than older versions - GDI+ - that can cause
incompatibilities. Although I'm somewhat surprised you'd see
this with "plain old" drawing objects. Is this only
on-screen, or also in the print-out?

Note that if the documents came up from Word 97, then the
chances of problems are greater. Word 97's graphics interface
was of questionable integrity...

I'm currently using Word 2002 as part of a Microsoft
Office XP install. The graphics..(Boxes, Arrows..etc)
inside of the word documents are all overlapping and
stretched vs viewing the same document in an older version
of Word.

Does someone know of any compatibility issues like this
with the Office XP products vs an older verions of Office??

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[John Masalskis]

On-Screen and printout show the graphics problem.
I think we were using Office 2000 before.

Are there any known patches for this issue or
will I just have to redraw the images in the document?

The problem with that is not all of us have the Office XP
upgrade so I wonder if I change the graphics to satisfy
Word 2002 an earlier version will treat it differently.

Future Considerations: What is the best way to introduce
graphics into a word document? I was using power point and
pasting the graphics into Word. Is there a better way to
avoid issues like this when Word 200X comes out?

Thanks,
John

P.S Switzerland is absolutely gorgeous..You must love it
there..!

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi John,

I really don't have any good answers for you, "good" meaning
a hard-and-fast, reliable solution. A lot of this is
trial-and-error for the individual problem...

In your case, I'd try exporting to a web page in Word 2000,
which should save the Drawings as separate files. Open in
Word 2002 and see if things look more as they should? Or try
inserting these separate files?

Rambling thoughts: I've never heard of the specific problem
you mention. I was hoping you'd say the print-out is fine;
then it would have been a graphics driver problem, which is
common enough.

If these were not Drawing objects, but linked graphics files,
I'd have bet on a bug in a web option that caused me hours of
grief a couple of years ago.

As it is, it sounds as if something were resizing (pulling
the objects wider? Or taller? Or both, proportionally?).
Since I've never heard of this before in Word, the other
thought that comes to mind would be macro code...

On-Screen and printout show the graphics problem.
I think we were using Office 2000 before.

Are there any known patches for this issue or
will I just have to redraw the images in the document?

The problem with that is not all of us have the Office XP
upgrade so I wonder if I change the graphics to satisfy
Word 2002 an earlier version will treat it differently.

Future Considerations: What is the best way to introduce
graphics into a word document? I was using power point and
pasting the graphics into Word. Is there a better way to
avoid issues like this when Word 200X comes out?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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