ClipArt problems

[Rigo]

I have installed Office X for Macintosh OS X with a G5 processor. My dad
has his own company called Rangel Productions. He has updated the Mac from
256MB of RAM to 1.50 GB, and the computer started with 80GB of Hard Drive
space (HD) Because my dad's job on his new company is filming comercials,
Quincenieros, Weddings, Baptisms, and Birthday parties, he uses iMovie and
Final Cut Express to capture video, so it takes up a lot if HD space, but
not a lot of RAM. I am a newbie to the program (Office X) I added ClipArt
from the Design Gallery Live Microsoft home page (http://dgl.microsoft.com)
I got the ClipArt, but after the 3rd time I have done this, Microsoft Word
vX for Mac doesn't display the ClipArt! I went to the help Icon in Clip
Organizer, and on troubleshooting, I found what I was looking for, white
thumbnail, it said that it could either be that the image was unsuported,
which could be "impossible" because the ClipArt should be ready for Word,
and it was in WMF format (Windows Meta File) and GIF, still I converted them
all to GIF and WMF with Graphics Converter, which came with the Mac, so Word
should have supported it, but it didn't, it also said that it could be
because I am running out of HD space, I am leaning towards that, but I still
have 18.93 GB still free, so I think that Word should run properly, and I
still have more than 1GB of RAM left, I think, so, could some one please
explain what is happening to Word? I would like it if someone replied. Also
, this only happens on Word, not Powerpoint.

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Rigo,

On another thread where a user had a similar problem, but in Word 2001, the
response was to try trashing the Clip Art user database, which can get
corrupted. In that version of Word the file is in the Clipartersonal:
folder in the Microsoft Office 2001 folder. I'm not in Word X so I can't
check the location for you, but you should be able to find it.

Otherwise, do you have Office X fully updated? Download
(<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/#OfficeX>) and install the
10.1.2, 10.1.4 (includes 10.1.3) and 10.1.5 updaters. Then repair disk
permissions: Go to Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities. Open up Disk
Utility. Select your hard disk, then click the First Aid tab. Click the
button to "Repair Disk Permissions".

If you are already fully updated, repair permissions anyway. It's possible
that things were disrupted when you downloaded all the Clip Art and
repairing permissions might just help.

I hope something here works.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

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