Publisher 2003 Not Showing Graphics (Pictures)

[Wayne Day]

OK, this is just too weird. Two computers, both running Publisher
2003.

On #1, all graphics load and everything is fine.

On #2, all of a sudden [last week] *SOME* of the pictures stop showing
up, replaced by placeholder with red 'x'.

So what happened last week? Why some pictures and not others? I
emptied out temp folders, switched the "View" settings for pictures,
but I'm not sure what to try next. Any suggestions?

 

[Ed Bennett]

On #2, all of a sudden [last week] *SOME* of the pictures stop showing
up, replaced by placeholder with red 'x'.

So what happened last week? Why some pictures and not others? I
emptied out temp folders, switched the "View" settings for pictures,
but I'm not sure what to try next. Any suggestions?

Tried Q3 at http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs ?

 

[Wayne Day]

On #2, all of a sudden [last week] *SOME* of the pictures stop showing
up, replaced by placeholder with red 'x'.

So what happened last week? Why some pictures and not others? I
emptied out temp folders, switched the "View" settings for pictures,
but I'm not sure what to try next. Any suggestions?

Tried Q3 at http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs ?

: You may have pictures hidden. Try View > Pictures > Detailed Display.

Yeah, you'd think that might be it, except I can see SOME pictures and
not others. It's set on DETAILED DISPLAY

:If this fails, this is almost certainly a problem with your video driver.

:By going to Display Properties > Settings > Advanced > Troubleshoot,
:and dragging the Hardware Acceleration slider down three notches,
:you will be able to disable Publisher from making the calls on the
:video driver that cause this problem.

Hmmm, no difference. I can see some pictures, not others on #2.

 

[John Inzer]

On #2, all of a sudden [last week] *SOME* of the pictures stop
showing up, replaced by placeholder with red 'x'.

So what happened last week? Why some pictures and not others? I
emptied out temp folders, switched the "View" settings for pictures,
but I'm not sure what to try next. Any suggestions?

Tried Q3 at http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs ?

You may have pictures hidden. Try View > Pictures > Detailed Display.

Yeah, you'd think that might be it, except I can see SOME pictures and
not others. It's set on DETAILED DISPLAY

If this fails, this is almost certainly a problem with your video
driver.

By going to Display Properties > Settings > Advanced > Troubleshoot,
and dragging the Hardware Acceleration slider down three notches,
you will be able to disable Publisher from making the calls on the
video driver that cause this problem.

Hmmm, no difference. I can see some pictures, not others on #2.

==================================
It may help to do some maintenance:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

And maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:

Picture placeholder that contains a red X appears
when you open an Office 2000 document in Office 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822517/en-us

A red X may appear instead of the image or the
object when you open the Office 2003 document
from an Internet location, from a Web folder, or
from any location from the Internet security zone
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897693/en-us

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Wayne Day]

On #2, all of a sudden [last week] *SOME* of the pictures stop showing
up, replaced by placeholder with red 'x'.

So what happened last week? Why some pictures and not others? I
emptied out temp folders, switched the "View" settings for pictures,
but I'm not sure what to try next. Any suggestions?

Tried Q3 at http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs ?

Repair didn't help. Will try re-install next

 

[Wayne Day]

On #2, all of a sudden [last week] *SOME* of the pictures stop showing
up, replaced by placeholder with red 'x'.

So what happened last week? Why some pictures and not others? I
emptied out temp folders, switched the "View" settings for pictures,
but I'm not sure what to try next. Any suggestions?

Tried Q3 at http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs ?

Hmmmm. Uninstalling and reinstalling didn't help either.

 

[Mary Sauer]

A red X may appear instead of the image or the object when you open the Office
2003 document from an Internet location, from a Web folder, or from any location
from the Internet security zone
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897693/en-us



--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

On #2, all of a sudden [last week] *SOME* of the pictures stop showing
up, replaced by placeholder with red 'x'.

So what happened last week? Why some pictures and not others? I
emptied out temp folders, switched the "View" settings for pictures,
but I'm not sure what to try next. Any suggestions?

Tried Q3 at http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs ?

Hmmmm. Uninstalling and reinstalling didn't help either.

 

[Wayne Day]

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OK, this is just too weird. Two computers, both running Publisher
2003.

On #1, all graphics load and everything is fine.

On #2, all of a sudden [last week] *SOME* of the pictures stop showing
up, replaced by placeholder with red 'x'.

So what happened last week? Why some pictures and not others? I
emptied out temp folders, switched the "View" settings for pictures,
but I'm not sure what to try next. Any suggestions?

The problem is solved, although I'm STILL not exactly sure why SOME
graphics would appear and not others.

On computer #2, I'm using an external USB drive and it had switched
drive letters. Somehow, even though the graphic was embedded in the
document, the CLIP ART organizer or whatever apparently couldn't find
the right paths and decided to just choke. That's the only thing I can
think of.

Anyway, thanks for all the advice- I really appreciate it!