Problem with picture formatting

[mutley]

Can anyone help with the following? I posted it on another Mac ng and was
advised to post here:

Using iMac G4/700 OSX 10.2.8 and WordX for Mac. Apology if it's a bit
complicated.

Any files with Insert Page Numbers longer than 6 pages show the last page
number as 2 (!) It makes printing rather difficult. Only way I can find to
overcome this is to put a page break at end and have a blank last page which
I then delete.

Photos (jpeg) embedded in Word files: occasionally a picture won't format,
while other pictures in the same file and from the same source will. I'm
referring to the ability to set 'word wrap' and 'left/right justify' around
the picture - every time
I select a particular picture and click on Format Picture I get an error
message (quote) "measurement must be between 1% and 10675%" (end quote). I
have no idea to what this refers! The only clue is that when I hold the
mouse down and try to move this resistant picture its outline is a solid
line and the picture shows as a thumbnail in the middle of the box; other
photos which do format successfully show as full size and have a dashed
outline when I move them.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Not sure about the second problem. Temporary test for the first
problem--see if printing in reverse page order (Word>Preferences>Print)
fixes it.

Exactly which version of Word X?
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/vxversions.html

 

[mutley]

"Daiya Mitchell" > wrote in message

Not sure about the second problem. Temporary test for the first
problem--see if printing in reverse page order (Word>Preferences>Print)
fixes it.

Exactly which version of Word X?
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/vxversions.html

Thanks, 'About Word' shows Microsoft Word X for Mac c.1983-2001
Following the mcgimpsey tip shows '10.0.0. (1316)'

Maybe I should download some updates?

regards,
mutley

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Um: Yeah, you owe it about three updates I think

Your second problem is the "Deadly invisible bounding box problem" I think.

The application that exported the picture has embedded a bounding box.
Chances are, it's Illustrator, and the bounding box is the size of the paper
size that was set when the image was prepared.

Since the damned thing is behind the illustration, it's invisible, but Word
can see it. When it tries to fit everything into your paper size, the
scaling value of the picture exceeds Word's limit to scale the picture.

Cure: remove the bounding box and re-save the graphic.

Your page numbering problem is that you have a hidden section break that is
resetting your page numbering. Hop into Normal View and turn on Show/Hide.
Normal View is a special view made for editing text: it's not WYSIWYG, it's
"You Can Actually See What You Are Doing" When you turn on Show/Hide,
Normal View reveals all the control characters and non-printing characters.
You would be surprised at how cunning section breaks can be about hiding
themselves at the right end of a line. Sometimes even in Normal View you
have to use Find to smoke the little varmints out...

When you find it, delete it and your page numbering will come right. You
may find then that your document paper size or margins goes postal. If that
happens, Undo the deletion, click after the shy section break and use
Insert>Page Number>Format to set "Continue from Previous Section".

Cheers

"Daiya Mitchell" > wrote in message

Thanks, 'About Word' shows Microsoft Word X for Mac c.1983-2001
Following the mcgimpsey tip shows '10.0.0. (1316)'

Maybe I should download some updates?

regards,
mutley

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[Paul Berkowitz]

Um: Yeah, you owe it about three updates I think

You only need one - the Office 10.1.6 Combo Update is a cumulative one that
will get you all the way there. But yes, you missed about 7 intermediate
updates along the way...

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[Tim Murray]

The application that exported the picture has embedded a bounding box.
Chances are, it's Illustrator, and the bounding box is the size of the paper
size that was set when the image was prepared.

The size of a bounding box in Illustrator's EPS files is only as large as the
artwork. For applications that import native AI files you will indeed get the
entire page, but not for EPS and other exported types.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Thanks Tim:

I wonder what app it was?

He specified that the images were "JPEG". I wasn't aware of anything
exporting bounding boxes to JPEG unless there is actually a frame or some
such artefact in the original.

I wonder if they're actually PICTs?

Cheers

The size of a bounding box in Illustrator's EPS files is only as large as the
artwork. For applications that import native AI files you will indeed get the
entire page, but not for EPS and other exported types.

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[mutley]

I wonder what app it was?

He specified that the images were "JPEG". I wasn't aware of anything
exporting bounding boxes to JPEG unless there is actually a frame or some
such artefact in the original.

I wonder if they're actually PICTs?

[snip]

They were .jpeg files from a digital camera, re-sized with PhotoshopLE to
reduce image size and file size, then Inserted into the Word doc. What
puzzled me was that most pix imported this way would format (advanced format
with tight text so that the pic was positioned correctly on the page), but
that this one pic refused to format at all even though I used the same
procedure to Insert it. I did try deleting it and then re-inserting it, but
it still wouldn't format.

Still a puzzle, but thanks for all the comments.
regards,
mutley