Pictures not showing

[Roy Rutherford]

I had a computer crash, got a new computer, re-installed Office Pro 2003 and
ran the updates.

I pulled up a 28 page document that I was working on before the new
computer. I have lots of pictures in this document. As I scroll through
the document, the pictures begin to show up, but then dissappear as I scroll
up and down in Print Layout View.

When I printed the doc, the images all printed fine. This is scaring me. I
have twice the RAM in the new computer. Any ideas of what is going on???

Thanks
Roy Rutherford

 

[Simon]

Roy

I don't know what's causing it but I have exactly the same problem (see my
post "Pictures randomly disappear when browsing"). The problem occurs in
all views I think (it definitely happens in both Print Layout and Normal
views at any rate) when you scroll up and down; but not always - just
sometimes. I upgraded to the latest version of Office (Service Pack 2?) and
it made no difference. Like you I use pictures a lot and it's a real
headache. I have 1 GB of RAM and a powerful CPU, so it's not that. I've
searched through the Microsoft Support knowledge base and come up with
nothing useful. I'm seriously thinking of going back to using Word 97.

Simon

 

[Simon]

Roy

I seem to have solved the problem. Following a suggestion I found somewhere
in a Microsoft site, I right-clicked on the desktop and hit Properties to
bring up the Display Properties dialog. Then I clicked the Advanced button
on the Settings tab, and on the Troubleshoot tab of the Dialog that
appeared, I moved the Hardware acceleration slider down one notch. When I
pressed OK I had to reboot. But thereafter the problem seems to have been
fixed.

Simon

 

[Simon]

I spoke too soon. The problem is not solved. It seems a bit better than it
was but it still happens.

Has anyone else had this problem. I do have a lot of pictures in my
document.

Simon