Images in Word 2003 file not showing in Word 2008

[LarryN]

HI BOB,

The Excel object is cells pasted in as a picture, so I believe your advice does not apply in this case. The picture is pasted in with the paragraph of text on it's right side. The picture is formated as left aligned, and square (allowing the text on the right). The picture is Arranged as "bring to front". Somehow though, the printer doesn't see it.

Thanks
LarryN

 

[ffostybear]

Had a similar problem printing 2 pages containing Excel created charts from a file created around 2001 (probably Win ver). Both pages when viewed in Word 2008 showed the charts OK but only one page printed with the graphic (and showed in the print dialogue). Discovered that the only way they would print was if the "Object" was positioned "in line with text" as was the one that printed. When I changed the non-printing graphic to "in line with text" the chart changed size to larger than the page. When I changed the size to the original it became a collage ... and useless. I have the original Excel file/data/chart and did all manner of re-insertion with similar results. Preferences are set correctly. It does, however, print OK in Word 2004! Glad I didn't trash it! A 2008 bug?
Frosty

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Frosty:

Yeah, it is a bug, and you will indeed be very glad you did not remove 2004


Larry, you may find that it simply won't work in 2008 until you convert
those pictures to "Inline with text". Daiya gave you "three" checks, not
two ‹ just make sure you touched all three bases.

However: If it doesn't show in Print Preview, it's not going to print.
Print Preview is generated by redirecting the output of the printing
subsystem back to the screen instead of out to the printer. So if Print
Preview can't see it, neither can the printer.

We are waiting on several graphics fixes in 2008: it's pretty broken right
now.

Hope this helps

Had a similar problem printing 2 pages containing Excel created charts from a
file created around 2001 (probably Win ver). Both pages when viewed in Word
2008 showed the charts OK but only one page printed with the graphic (and
showed in the print dialogue). Discovered that the only way they would print
was if the "Object" was positioned "in line with text" as was the one that
printed. When I changed the non-printing graphic to "in line with text" the
chart changed size to larger than the page. When I changed the size to the
original it became a collage ... and useless. I have the original Excel
file/data/chart and did all manner of re-insertion with similar results.
Preferences are set correctly. It does, however, print OK in Word 2004! Glad I
didn't trash it! A 2008 bug?
Frosty

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[CyberTaz]

Hi Larry -

Although you may very well be a victim of the circumstances described by
John & others, the point I made applies *specifically* to the condition you
describe It doesn't make any difference what type of object it is, it has
Text Wrapping applied [ as indicated by your reference to "square"] as
opposed to being In Line with Text.

Therefore it is anchored to a paragraph and the paragraph it is anchored to
may very well not be one of the paragraphs you're selecting to print. IOW,
regardless of where the object is positioned it could be anchored to *any*
para that starts on the same page. If your selection to be printed doesn't
include the first line of the para the object is anchored to the object
won't print either.

Dismiss the info if you wish, but if that does happen to be the case all the
OS/Office/Printer fixes in the world won't make it print

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac