Embedded pictures in Visio 2003 keep disappearing!

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Gurus,

I have a maddening problem in which some of my embedded pictures in Visio
2003 keep disappearing! If I'm in Microsoft Paint working with a .png
image, and I copy and paste that image onto my Visio drawing, I can see it,
and work with it, and save the Visio document but if I close and re-open
Visio, the picture is gone! This only recently started happening. I
applied Visio SP3 in hopes that it would solve the problem but it didn't.

 

[Paul Herber]

Gurus,

I have a maddening problem in which some of my embedded pictures in Visio
2003 keep disappearing! If I'm in Microsoft Paint working with a .png
image, and I copy and paste that image onto my Visio drawing, I can see it,
and work with it, and save the Visio document but if I close and re-open
Visio, the picture is gone! This only recently started happening. I
applied Visio SP3 in hopes that it would solve the problem but it didn't.

see if the picture is still there but invisible
menu View -> Document Explorer
find the page in the Foreground Pages and select Shapes
all the shapes will be listed, pictures have special image type icon.

 

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Ah! The picture is there in Drawing Explorer, but invisible. How do I make
it visible?

 

[WapperDude]

Two possibilities are: 1.) the picture is assigned to a layer that is not
visible, or 2.) the picture somehow was formatted to be 100% transparent.
Can you select the picture, even though it isn't visible? If not, it's
probably a layer issue. Since you have the Drawing Explorer window open,
click the shape, click the next entry, should now see folder called Layers,
click that, for the specific layer. Click that, and Visible should be
checked. If no layer is assigned, there will not be any layer folder. To
check the Format, the picture must be selectable in the drawing windlow,
right, and select Format > Picture. There should be a slider for
Transparency.

These are the only two issues that occur to me.

Wapperdude

 

[Spin]

Two possibilities are: 1.) the picture is assigned to a layer that is
not
visible, or 2.) the picture somehow was formatted to be 100% transparent.
Can you select the picture, even though it isn't visible? If not, it's
probably a layer issue. Since you have the Drawing Explorer window open,
click the shape, click the next entry, should now see folder called
Layers,
click that, for the specific layer. Click that, and Visible should be
checked. If no layer is assigned, there will not be any layer folder. To
check the Format, the picture must be selectable in the drawing windlow,
right, and select Format > Picture. There should be a slider for
Transparency.

Yes, it was the Transparency thing!

 

[Barb Way]

I can also see the problem with Visio 2003. It doesn't repro with Visio
2007, however.

Barb Way
Product Support - Visio
Microsoft Corporation
[This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.]
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Two possibilities are: 1.) the picture is assigned to a layer that is
not
visible, or 2.) the picture somehow was formatted to be 100% transparent.
Can you select the picture, even though it isn't visible? If not, it's
probably a layer issue. Since you have the Drawing Explorer window open,
click the shape, click the next entry, should now see folder called
Layers,
click that, for the specific layer. Click that, and Visible should be
checked. If no layer is assigned, there will not be any layer folder. To
check the Format, the picture must be selectable in the drawing windlow,
right, and select Format > Picture. There should be a slider for
Transparency.

Yes, it was the Transparency thing!

 

[David Hiers]

I have the same issue, but none of the fixes presented so far resolve the
issue.

What's the next step?

Thanks,

David

I can also see the problem with Visio 2003. It doesn't repro with Visio
2007, however.

Barb Way
Product Support - Visio
Microsoft Corporation
[This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.]
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Two possibilities are: 1.) the picture is assigned to a layer that is
not
visible, or 2.) the picture somehow was formatted to be 100% transparent.
Can you select the picture, even though it isn't visible? If not, it's
probably a layer issue. Since you have the Drawing Explorer window open,
click the shape, click the next entry, should now see folder called
Layers,
click that, for the specific layer. Click that, and Visible should be
checked. If no layer is assigned, there will not be any layer folder. To
check the Format, the picture must be selectable in the drawing windlow,
right, and select Format > Picture. There should be a slider for
Transparency.

Yes, it was the Transparency thing!

 

[Paul Herber]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:03:01 -0800, David Hiers <David

I have the same issue, but none of the fixes presented so far resolve the
issue.

Can you tell us what symptoms you see? What have you tried already?