Displaying images in Word 2002

[scooby]

I have a P4 3.4GHz EE, Windows XP SP2, with the ATI x800xt video card.

When I insert an image (either from a file on my hard-drive, or from
the internet) into a Word 2002 document - the image is invisible -
only its placeholder (outline) is shown.

The image is shown only after I minimize, and then maximize the word
document.

But when I scroll through the document - the image disappears.

I have to minimize and then maximize the document to see the picture
again.

Scroll once more - the image dissapears.

Doing a google search - the only fix which works is to lower the
hardware acceleration significantly in the display properties;
specifically to "Disable all DirectDraw and Direct3D accelerations..",
which is bad for games.

Is there any other fix for this problem?


N.B.

1. I have made sure there is no tick in "picture placeholders" from
the tools-options-view menu.

2. Pictures are inserted and displayed NORMALLY, even with FULL
hardware acceleration, in both " Open Office ", and " AbiWord " ,
which are freeware versions of Microsoft Word.

So the problem seems to be with

 

[Mary Sauer]

Have you gone to the ATI web site for a newer driver?

 

[scooby]

Yes, I've installed the latest ATI driver (catalyst 4.11).