TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
I agree with Chris. My first thought was that the problem might be the use of GIF files in the Word doc.
Jill
> From: salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com
> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:31:12 -0400
> Subject: Re: Help! MS Word 2010 graphics problems.
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
> What about converting your GIFs to JPGs or PNGs as a test?
>
> > Chris
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> >
> > When I ran into this issue, I chunked the document. Only when I was done
> > massaging its components did I reassemble its pieces.
> >
> > As I recall, the issue was caused by a corrupted graphic or five (the
> > original doc having been Frankensteined).
> >
> > > Chris
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Lynne Wright <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tritech -dot- com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> After scrounging clues from the Internet (and zero thanks to MS Word
> >> Help, which, as usual is approximately useless), it appears that yeah, the
> >> problem is that I'd have to provide the graphics folder with the Word doc,
> >> along with instructions on how to repair the links if necessary.
> >>
> >> Which I think will just cause great chaos throughout the land.
> >>
> >> So I guess I'll go back and re-insert all my pix.... And swearing
> >> copiously every time the doc crashes.
> >>
> >> *sigh*
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: techwr-l-bounces+lynne -dot- wright=tritech -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lynne -dot- wright=tritech -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
> >> Behalf Of Dan Goldstein
> >> Sent: July-30-15 1:54 PM
> >> To: TECHWR-L (techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com)
> >> Subject: RE: Help! MS Word 2010 graphics problems.
> >>
> >> Sorry if this is obvious and you've thought of it, but are you sure that
> >> they have the folder in the exact same location on the exact same drive and
> >> folder path as you do, both absolute and relative to the Word doc?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Lynne Wright
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:45 PM
> >> To: David Tinsley; TECHWR-L
> >> Subject: RE: Help! MS Word 2010 graphics problems.
> >>
> >> In this case, yes, pdfs are fine.
> >>
> >> But I DO have one client that requires editable Word docs. So in that
> >> case, even if I provide them with the associated folder of graphics, I
> >> don't know how to prevent the links from being broken.
> >>
> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >> Learn more about Adobe Technical Communication Suite (2015 Release) |
> >> http://bit.ly/1FR7zNW
> >>
> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >>
> >> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as lynne -dot- wright -at- tritech -dot- com -dot-
> >>
> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> >> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >>
> >>
> >> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
> >> http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and
> >> info.
> >>
> >> Looking for articles on Technical Communications? Head over to our
> >> online magazine at http://techwhirl.com
> >>
> >> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions? Search our public
> >> email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >> Learn more about Adobe Technical Communication Suite (2015 Release) |
> >> http://bit.ly/1FR7zNW
> >>
> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >>
> >> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com -dot-
> >>
> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> >> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >>
> >>
> >> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
> >> http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and
> >> info.
> >>
> >> Looking for articles on Technical Communications? Head over to our
> >> online magazine at http://techwhirl.com
> >>
> >> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions? Search our public
> >> email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
> >>
> >
> >
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Learn more about Adobe Technical Communication Suite (2015 Release) | http://bit.ly/1FR7zNW
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as jill -dot- gallagher -at- outlook -dot- com -dot-
>
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
>
> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
>http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.
>
> Looking for articles on Technical Communications? Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com
>
> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions? Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Learn more about Adobe Technical Communication Suite (2015 Release) | http://bit.ly/1FR7zNW
