Publisher

[Bigsporran]

when working in publisher (office 2003)and trying to insert a picture the
picture box goes in but you cannot see the picture, if you click on where the
picture is supposed to be it brings up the insert box and you can see the
picture you have just inserted . I f I try and print the document it prints
ok . I have tried a clean install of office and this has made no difference
could the problem lie with XP itself
I need immediate help on this as im trying to do a business document any
suggestions would be most appreciated

 

[Mary Sauer]

Try View > Pictures > 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.

If this does fix your problem, it means that the problem does indeed lie
with the video driver. You can leave your computer running at this lower
hardware acceleration, but it may cause problems with other programs. It is
a better solution to try and find a driver update for your graphics card.
Normally, the latest drivers from the video card manufacturer will do the
trick, but ATI (and recently Intel and Dell) tend to be slower in perfecting
their drivers, so some newer ATI and Intel cards to not yet have drivers
available that do not exhibit this behavior. The solution here is to nag
ATI/Intel/Dell for better drivers.

(Please note that even if your computer is brand new, you won't necessarily
have the latest drivers)
(Quoted from Ed Bennett)