My pictures don't appear on Word screen.

[Bewildered]

I use images and pictures in making layouts for newsletters. All of a sudden
I cannot see the images that I insert on Word documents. They appear on the
print preview screen, and they print..but are not on the screen document. I
think I must have inadvertently changed a setting somewhere, but I cannot
determine what or where it is.

I am using Microsoft Word from Microsoft Office XP Standard version 2002.
HP Pavilion Computer and Windows Millenium

 

[garfield-n-odie]

If the images/pictures are floating (not formatted as inline-with-text), then
they are only visible in Print Layout view (not Normal view). Click on View
| Print Layout. If the images/pictures are still not visible on screen, then
click on Tools | Options | View | uncheck the "Picture placeholders" box |
check the "Drawings" box | OK.

 

[andy]

I have also just encountered this problem since
installing Windows SP2, I can get them to appear by
selecting picture format, slecting 'No Fill' again, but
when I scroll off the page they disappear again.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

If the images/pictures are floating (not formatted as inline-with-text), then
they are only visible in Print Layout view (not Normal view). Click on View
| Print Layout. If the images/pictures are still not visible on screen, then
click on Tools | Options | View | uncheck the "Picture placeholders" box |
check the "Drawings" box | OK.

 

[Wercs]

Initially the image was not formatted "inline with text", but following your
suggestion failed to solve the problem. Even when I formatted "inline with
text", the image is only visible intermittently; i.e. switch to Print
Preview & it's visible, zoom in - it disappears, zoom out - still not
visible, switch back to editing mode - it's visible again.

 

[Wercs]

Yes, turning down Hardware Acceleration to the point of disabling DirectX
seems to have resolved the issue.
Now all we need is MS to come up with a proper fix <g>

Regards,

 

[Ryanman]

I had the same issue. I use Windows 2000 so it is not an XP service
pack issue-- at least not for me.
Regardless turning the Hardware Acceleration to the point of disabling
DirectX , worked for me.
thanks!!!

 

[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.