Some inserted graphics present in DOC, most not

[ChrisO]

I have an MSWord document on a network drive. Images (JPGs) used in the doc
are also on a network drive in another folder. This is a huge document,
where many people using different versions of WORD maintain it. I had made
some mods (using MSWord97 SP2) and i noticed that the images in the first 20
pages or so are present, but after that page, there is just a square box
space holder instead of the image. There is NOT a red "X" or something
similar. Just a small inch size blank box.

I have read a few KB articles including
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285987/en-us and have tried the suggestions.
I does not appear to be a VIEW-related issue. It doesnt appear to be "Options
| Tools | View tab | picture placeholders" issue either. Some of the images
are viewable and printable, but the lion's share are not. Another user
mentioned that they saw a "low memory" msg when they went to review my
observations about the images. I have copied the doc and the images folder
to my local drive hoping it was somehow memory related. But its the same
thing. I am afraid that some of the images inserted into the doc are linked,
while others are not. One of the editors made a comment that they were not
linking the images when inserted and another editor said they were. These
people are out today so i cannot determine their version of MSWord. I am
afraid i will have to re-insert the "broken-linked" images. Any ideas?

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Chris,

I think you've done an excellent job of summarizing the problem, and I'm afraid
I agree with your conclusion... And then some.

From the sound of it, this file has taken a real "pounding". The graphics
handling was changed a couple of times since Word 97, so graphics-heavy
documents that "make the rounds" between multiple versions are definitely at
risk. You'd probably have been better off if all the pictures were linked

At this point, the first thing I'd try would be to save in a different file
format in the hopes of knocking loose some of the "gunk". For all the below:
save, close, then open again.

1. Open in Word 2003 and save in XML file format.

2. Open in Word 97 and save as Word 6.0/95 RTF file format

3. Open in Word 2000 and save as HTML. Try the same in Word 2003. In both these
cases, all graphics in the document should be saved out to a separate folder, as
gif and jpg files. You can then, at least, compare what graphics Word still
finds in the document with what ought to be in there.

I have an MSWord document on a network drive. Images (JPGs) used in the doc
are also on a network drive in another folder. This is a huge document,
where many people using different versions of WORD maintain it. I had made
some mods (using MSWord97 SP2) and i noticed that the images in the first 20
pages or so are present, but after that page, there is just a square box
space holder instead of the image. There is NOT a red "X" or something
similar. Just a small inch size blank box.

I have read a few KB articles including
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285987/en-us and have tried the suggestions.
I does not appear to be a VIEW-related issue. It doesnt appear to be "Options
| Tools | View tab | picture placeholders" issue either. Some of the images
are viewable and printable, but the lion's share are not. Another user
mentioned that they saw a "low memory" msg when they went to review my
observations about the images. I have copied the doc and the images folder
to my local drive hoping it was somehow memory related. But its the same
thing. I am afraid that some of the images inserted into the doc are linked,
while others are not. One of the editors made a comment that they were not
linking the images when inserted and another editor said they were. These
people are out today so i cannot determine their version of MSWord. I am
afraid i will have to re-insert the "broken-linked" images.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Rookie48]

I have been seeing the exact same behavior in Word 2003. Outputting to HTML
suggests once the images are boxes with the two diagonal lines, they are
gone. (Nothing like re-capturing that again. I cut and pasted them into Word
from SnagIt). I did notice more images missing when viewed on a lesser
computer.

I guess I need to look into another text editing program as I'm not 1/3
through with this document and have quite a few images to insert. I've tried
your XML and HTML outputs - html outputs but has no bearing on the missing
images. XML won't even export.

Has anyone found a solution?

 

[Jez Heaton]

I have a similar problem. The images are inserted into Word 2003 and display
until I scroll down. Then they disappear and are not redrawn (or only
partially). This makes working with images a pain in the arse.

I have tried the suggestions in various knowledge base articles re. making
the image inline, decreasing the hardware acceleration etc but this has made
no difference.

The PC I am running is a 3ghz 512mb HP 7100DC and should work (I used
Openoffice Writer yesterday to do the same job and had no problems whatsoever
with images which were displayed speedily and all the time)

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?SmV6IEhlYXRvbg==?=,

If reducing the hardware acceleration didn't help, try updating the graphics
card driver.

I have a similar problem. The images are inserted into Word 2003 and display
until I scroll down. Then they disappear and are not redrawn (or only
partially). This makes working with images a pain in the arse.

I have tried the suggestions in various knowledge base articles re. making
the image inline, decreasing the hardware acceleration etc but this has made
no difference.

The PC I am running is a 3ghz 512mb HP 7100DC and should work (I used
Openoffice Writer yesterday to do the same job and had no problems whatsoever
with images which were displayed speedily and all the time)

Anyone have any suggestions?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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