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Subject:Re: Diagrams in Word 97 From:Richard Guziewicz <rkg -at- WORLDNET -dot- FR> Date:Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:33:18 +0200
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KLEIN, DAVID [SMTP:dk2445 -at- TXMAIL -dot- SBC -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 5:44 PM
> Subject: Diagrams in Word 97
>
> I was recently upgraded to Word 97 SR-1 (according to Help--About).
> Many
> of my co-workers are still using Word 7.0 and some at other sites may
> be
> in Word 6. I am going crazy because drawing objects keep disappearing
> from our documents.
>
> Yesterday I received a document from our HQ (probably created in Word
> 6
> or 7). I opened/edited the document (including a small diagram) in my
> Word 97, saved it as Word 6/95 and then sent it back to HQ. I got it
> back today and the diagram is gone. All that remains is an empty box.
> I'd be happy to see even a RED X!!
Here a few basic suggestions (you may have thought about them already).
Sorry if the menu or dialog box items don't seem correct --I'm freely
translating from the French version:
1) Check your "options" settings to see if "display image" is enabled.
I have heard that importing Word 7 or 6 docs to Word 97 can somhow
toggle this setting on and off, although I have never personally
experienced this problem.
2) Check whether the images are embedded or linked in the originals.
3) Send your correspondants the free Microsoft patch (on the Office
SR-1 CD/Value PAck) that, once installed, allows Word 7/95 users to
read Word 97 format docs.
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Richard Guziewicz
Corporate Communications Consultant
Quality Consultant for the Service Sector
Technical Writing
Member of ITG Consulting, Paris
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