Invisible Downloaded Pictures

[Michael]

Pictures downloaded to MS Word appear only as empty boxes,
like large text boxes. (I used a Dell 8400 with MS Office
Teacher Edition - Word 2003, with an ATI Radeon X300 SE
video card.)From numerous info sites, I have made sure
that Tools > Options > Picture Placeholders was UNchecked,
Drawing was checked, the image was "In Line", and
Paragraph formatting was "Single". I have already tried
Cntrl+Shift+F9. Changing from "In-Line" to "Square"
wrapping let the caption of the picture show, along with
the square-circle-triangle image icon. So, the image is
there, but it is invisible. (BTW I downloaded this same
image 2 weeks ago on an older Gateway using Word 97 with
no problems at all, which eliminates picture-related
variables. I used the same right-click>copy>toggle to
Word>right-click>paste method in both instances.)
I am out of ideas and out of places to search. Any
assistance would be much appreciated. MDOToole

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Try pasting the picture using Edit | Paste Special, and make sure
"Display as icon" is UNchecked.

 

[Ray]

I'm having the same problem, except that sometimes it
will refresh and display the picture. When I scroll the
picture past the edge of the frame, however, it erases
the picture and does not refresh. There doesn't seem to
be any rhyme or reason to when it displays and when not.

I tried the Paste as Special, with the icon box
unchecked, but that does not solve the problem...at
least, it didn't for me.

Ray

 

[Guest]

I ahve also same problem, posted this here about 2 weeks
ago. Only happended after installing Windows SP2. Seems
to be comflict with ATI Radeon cards. You can stop it
happening by changing Accelerattion Hardware slider in
Graphics card troubleshooting Tab, to the left until
DirectX is de activated. Pictures will stay on screen
then.

 

[Michael]

Garfield: I will try your Paste Special tomorrow night. (I
I am currently on my older and trustworthy system.

Ray: Thank you for replying.

Andy: Thank you also for replying. I have intentionally
not installed XP2 yet, so that is not a variable. Still,
there may be interaction between XP Home and my video card.

I am using the Student-teacher edition of MS Office. That
should not pose any untoward variables, but it might.

I will reply tomorrow with the results of the Paste
Special (an unchecked Icon option).

Mike

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ray,

As Andy mentioned in his reply this can happen
in scenarios where the graphics card isn't current
or the refresh/acceleration settings are set too high.

The highest acceleration setting isn't always the best
performance one. It can sometimes cause a number of extra
time slice cycles to occur in trying to sync things up.

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I'm having the same problem, except that sometimes it
will refresh and display the picture. When I scroll the
picture past the edge of the frame, however, it erases
the picture and does not refresh. There doesn't seem to
be any rhyme or reason to when it displays and when not.

I tried the Paste as Special, with the icon box
unchecked, but that does not solve the problem...at
least, it didn't for me.

Ray >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Mitch]

I have a Radeon series graphics card and changed the
setting - it worked. Thanks.
Is there a patch that will get over this?

-----Original Message-----
Hi Ray,

As Andy mentioned in his reply this can happen
in scenarios where the graphics card isn't current
or the refresh/acceleration settings are set too high.

The highest acceleration setting isn't always the best
performance one. It can sometimes cause a number of extra
time slice cycles to occur in trying to sync things up.

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<<"Ray" <[email protected]> wrote in

message news:[email protected]...

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Mitch,

If Word, Windows GDI+ and your graphics card drivers are current then
finding the best performing setting in the graphics card driver,
which is not always the setting labeled 'fastest' .

Word is very good at being a test bed for the ragged edges in
graphics card drivers because, unlike a graphics app dealing only
with pictures, it deals with a fairly complex structure that includes
graphics as only one element of the pallette it maintains and
displays.

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I have a Radeon series graphics card and changed the
setting - it worked. Thanks.
Is there a patch that will get over this? >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Ray]

Thanks for the tip, Andy. That cleared the problem.

Ray

 

[Justin]

will MS be making a patch? i need direct x so it can't be turned off.

 

[Ginch]

I had solved my problem and kept the acceleration high and able to view the
pictures, If you have the same card as mine, ATI Radeon 9600PRO, go to ATI
site to use their CAT UNINSTALL to uninstall, then reinstall the latest
driver issued on January. One other person just solved his problem doing the
same, the first restart might not work, after the 2nd or the 3rd, it should.