Re: Graphics Disappearing in Word '97 for NT

[Kathi Jan Knill <Kathi -dot- Knill -at- TEMPLATE -dot- COM>]

If Nancy Smith's answer does not work for you (which it should because I
have done it that way myself many times -- before I learned this other way)
try doing this.  Bring the graphic into word using Insert>Picture>From File.
Then put a frame around the graphic.  You can set up the frame button by
doing the following:

1.  Place the Insert Frame button on the toolbar of your choice.
2.  On the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Commands tab.
3.  In the Categories box, click Insert.
4.  In the Commands box, click Horizontal, and then drag the button to the
toolbar you want.  (In older Word Versions [I use Word 97 on NT] you click
Frame, and then drag the button to the toolbar -- for some reason 97 uses
the term Horizontal)

After getting the frame button do the following:

1. Select the item you want to frame.

2. Click Insert Frame button.

3.  Position the frame in your document.

The issue about graphics not appearing may also be because the file has
gotten too large for Word to handle.  If there is a big red X at the place
where you expect a graphic, then it is an indication that your file has
gotten too big.  You can easily break the doc into two files (using the copy
and cut method), and you should not have that problem anymore.

Hopefully this info will work for you.  Good luck.  (I'd like to know if it
does, could you send me an email off-line please, and let me know?  Thanks.)

Kathi Jan Knill
Senior Technical Writer
Template Software
Kathi -dot- Knill -at- Template -dot- com
"Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it a positive and
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----- Original Message -----
From: Beth Moorehead <emoorehead -at- BOLDTECH -dot- COM>
To: <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 4:49 PM
Subject: Graphics Disappearing in Word '97 for NT


> Hello,
>
> I've searched the archives, and none of the previous posts I found
directly
> addressed the problems I'm having, though I tried some of the suggestions
> (like deselecting the Float over Text check box) for keeping graphics in
> place in Word '97.
>
> My system:  Word '97 for NT with embedded Visio graphics.  The file is 29
> pages, with 18 graphics (mostly UML diagrams).
>
> My problems:
>
> 1) Word randomly "tucks" graphics underneath the text, leaving a small
> sliver of the graphic still showing.  I can select the graphic, and using
> 'right click'|Format Picture|Position tab I've been able to choose the
Float
> over Text check box to make my graphics "reappear" again.  However, when I
> reposition my graphics, I must leave the Float over Text option on,
because
> when I turn it off my graphic jumps to a new and immovable position on the
> page (usually outside the margins).  Result now:  the graphics don't stay
in
> place, and the text and graphics have become separated from one another,
> meaning that the graphic doesn't maintain its place in the file next to
its
> caption.  I've tried the Lock Anchor and the Move Object with Text check
> boxes.
>
> 2) Some of my graphic files have disappeared from the document.
>
> 3) When I save, close, and reopen my document, graphics are moved or
missing
> each time.  When I go back into the Format Picture box for graphics I know
I
> have previously "fixed," the options I chose are gone.
>
> How can I fix this?  What is causing it so that I can keep it from
happening
> again?

>
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