Why do pictures in Word sometimes no show up?

[hossbus]

Sometimes I notice on one computer is that pictures that are in Word
documents will not appear. When clicking on the area where the picture
resides, a box will pop up that I can move around or resize, but no picture.
Any help is much appreciated.

 

[Dave]

I have the same problem and it all started after I installed SP2.

Checking and unchecking in Tools/Option/View does not help ...

It drives me crazy !

 

[garfield-n-odie]

A few things to try:
1. In Word, if you're working in Normal view, then switch to
Print Layout view (View | Print Layout), because objects that are
formatted as "float over text" (Word 97) or as something other
than "inline with text" (Word 2002 and 2003) are not visible in
Normal view.
2. In Word, click on Tools | Options | View tab | check the
"Drawings" box and uncheck the "Picture placeholders" box | Print
tab | check the "Drawing objects" box | OK.
3. If neither of the previous suggestions fixes the problem,
then try reducing the hardware acceleration setting in Start |
Control Panel | Display | Settings | Advanced | Troubleshooting.
If this fixes the problem, then you might want to check the
website of the manufacturer of your video card/graphics adapter
to see if there is an updated driver available.

 

[Dave]

I am sorry, but how can this be a problem with the speed of my computer or my
graphic card, when everything worked fine before the installation of SP2.

???

There must be a patch for this problem.

 

[determined]

right on dave. you will see in other threads that several os us have updated
tp sp2 and now the pictures are slipping around.