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Subject:Re: Red X in Word From:"Brierley, Sean" <Brierley -at- QUODATA -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Mar 1999 15:11:23 -0500
Wow. I am surprised to hear this bug being discussed again. Surely this is
in the archives, if it's on-topic. I posted a response off line but re-post
here to, perhaps, stem the tide of responses <g>.
There is a bonafide Red X bug that was made more rare by SR-1 and SR-2.
There is no way to reverse it and the SRs only reduce the likelihood of the
bug afflicting your document. The solution is to install the SRs and then
re-insert or re-create the affected images. In Word, always turn off Fast
Saves and always make sure there is plenty of swap file room on your HDD.
See http://www.microsoft.com for more info, search on "Red X."
