trouble importing JPEGs

[Vikas]

When I copy a JPEG file off the Internet and paste it
onto a Word document, I end up with a blank box. But if I
click it, the web site containing the picture is
displayed. If I save the file to My Documents, it does
not give a preview and I get an error message when I use
a JPEG filter to import it. I should not be having this
problem and in fact never used to. What should I do?

 

[&:-jesse\)]

You have picture placeholders enabled in your document. To
clear click...

Tools | Options | View: and clear Picture placeholders

jesse

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you copy a picture off the Web, you're not copying the picture itself
but just a link to it, so if you're not connected to the Internet, you can't
see it. You can unlink the picture (thereby embedding it in your doc) by
pressing Ctrl+Shift+F9, but a better way is to right-click on the Web
graphic, choose Save Target As, and save the picture to your My Pictures
folder. Then use Insert | Picture | From File to insert it in your document.
That way, in case anything happens to the document, you still have the
picture stored externally.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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