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Subject:Re: Word Graphics From:Laura Lapierre <lapierre -at- MEDIAONE -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 7 Nov 1997 08:40:20 -0500
You need the SR1 release of Office 97. It fixes this problem of big X's
taking the place of the graphic. You can get it off the Microsoft web site.
On Thursday, November 06, 1997 7:04 PM, John Prince
[SMTP:prince1 -at- WEBTV -dot- NET] wrote:
> Recently, I was "forced" to write a manual in Word. Office 97 to be
> precise. Yuk!
>
> Anyway, just before I brought it to print, I noticed that a few of the
> graphics (screen shots) turned into a square with an "X" in the middle
> of it. Okay...I fixed it, and saved it. The next time I opened the
> document, another graphic did the same thing.
>
> I "believe" this has something to do with my RAM. So...breaking the
> document into seperate files would be the solution...right? Wrong.
> Problem with that is when I take it to the publisher to print, it will
> need to be in one file. There are many reasons why...I won't get into
> them. Let's just chalk them up to Word's limitations. I'm used to
> Frame, where I can simply keep book files then generate the book. <vent>
> I HATE WORD! </vent>
>
> Does anyone know exactly WHY the graphics are doing this, and what I can
> do to prevent it - other than breaking the document up into seperate
> files?
>
> Thanks!
>
> John
>http://members.tripod.com/~princej/DC.html (The Great Dallas Cowboys)
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