Office 2004 / Office XP embedded images problem

[Gavin Lawrie]

Hi

I am having problems working with files created in Office XP version of
Word on my G4 / 10.3 laptop. I am running Office 2004, and am finding
whenever I open a document with images embedded in it the images show
up simply as whitespace.

For some of them I can get them to reappear by cutting out the
whitespace and pasting back as a 'picture' rather than an RTF object
(or some such).

Is there anything I can do to get around this problem? Rather hampers
my ability to work cross-platform...

Thanks in advance for any help

Best regards

Gavin Lawrie

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

This doesn't sound quite right for your problem, but just to make sure:
There is a preference to show "image placeholders" as empty boxes instead
of graphics, under Word | Preferences, View tab. Make sure it is not
checked.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Gavin:

Double-clicking the picture to open it in Edit mode, then simply Closing it
again, will also work.

It's a layering issue. There was a service release put out for Office XP
(the PC product) that was supposed to fix some graphics issues. You may
wish to ensure your Office XP has been fully updated.

Cheers

Hi

I am having problems working with files created in Office XP version of
Word on my G4 / 10.3 laptop. I am running Office 2004, and am finding
whenever I open a document with images embedded in it the images show
up simply as whitespace.

For some of them I can get them to reappear by cutting out the
whitespace and pasting back as a 'picture' rather than an RTF object
(or some such).

Is there anything I can do to get around this problem? Rather hampers
my ability to work cross-platform...

Thanks in advance for any help

Best regards

Gavin Lawrie

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[Gavin Lawrie]

Hi Gavin:

Double-clicking the picture to open it in Edit mode, then simply Closing it
again, will also work.

It's a layering issue. There was a service release put out for Office XP
(the PC product) that was supposed to fix some graphics issues. You may
wish to ensure your Office XP has been fully updated.

Cheers

Thanks - I'll check what state the XP version is up to.

Gavin