Red X appears instead of embedded spreaedsheet

[Mike M.]

I'm using Word 2003 (11.8125). In a Word document, I have several
spreadsheets that are embedded. Instead of the icon apppearing, I'm seeing
the border of the icon, it is greyed, and there is a red X in the top left
corner of the bordered area.

I've tried the Alt+F9 suggestion, but this just shows the field codes inside
of the greyed area.

In Tools | Options | View tab, the check boxes for Field codes, Hidden text,
and All are unchecked.

In Tools | Options | Print tab, the check boxes for Field codes and Hidden
text are unchecked.

I am at a loss for ideas on how I can get the icons to appear properly.

Any suggestions you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike M.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The point of using Alt+F9 is specifically to show the field code, from which
you can detect whether the link is still correct. If the Excel sheet has
moved...

 

[Mike M.]

Suzanne, thanks for replying back so quickly. I understand the field codes
can help me determine if the link is still correct, but what I'm looking for
is the actual Excel icon that should appear when a spreadsheet is embedded in
a Word document. Allow me to gve you another example of the red X. If I
copy and paste a figure into my document, the figure doesn't appear. Rather,
I see the same thing as I mentioned below - the border of the figure, and it
is greyed, and there is a red X in the top left corder of the greyed area.

It seems graphics are not appearing in ANY of my Word docs - not just this
doc.

Any ideas??

Thanks,
Mike M.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sounds like an OLE problem. Try posting in word.drawing.graphics to see if
the folks there can be more helpful.

 

[Mike M.]

Will do. Thanks again.

Mike M.

Sounds like an OLE problem. Try posting in word.drawing.graphics to see if
the folks there can be more helpful.