Office & productivity software forum: pasting pics into Word don't always show images

And what happens if you work around by saving the images in some folder in your hard disk, then use Insert>Object>use existing file to browse to it?

Kees

In http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6129_102-0.html?forumID=29&threadID=275974&messageID=2655214 we cover almost all the reasons for this. I didn't get the answer for this person but it has been one of the causes. Be sure to read the former solutions and try the easy ones and tell us which you didn't try.

Bob

"I haven't deleted the normal.dot yet, but my guess is that it also will be ineffective."

That and video drivers have fixed this for me in the past. You can save your normal.dot (rename it) if you must but there's a long history on that which I decline to write about.

The video issue can be tested by reducing video acceleration to none. Some call that a fix!

Bob

That leaves video driver and settings and default printer driver. While Word 2003 and it settings should be identical, that might be obvious differences between these 2 machines.

Kees

that I don't know how to reduce the video acceleration. I don't know what that means. If I do, how will it affect other things?

Al

That did the trick!

And, I learned something. Thanks to all for both the help and the training.

One more thing: the monitor (CRT) has a calibration that kicks in when I start the machine. This is for accurate color display, for photo editing. I noticed the monitor had changed in appearance when I brought the slider to zero.

If I work in Word, and close it when finished, can I go back to that acceleration slider, and restore the appearance of the monitor colors?

Or, will the machine have to be rebooted?

Thanks again.

Al

Kees, I did try the intermediate settings, and found one that keeps Word working properly, and the monitor colors are close (not perfect), but the answer is clear: just adjust it back when editing photos, back off when in Word.

Excellent!

Al

if you feel for a little experiment, you might like to make (export from regedit) 2 simple .reg files and put them (or links to them) on your desktop (or even in your quick launch area). One to set it to max and one to set it lower. Then it's just a click to change it.

You'll find some necessary info, for example, in
http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1231688
http://ask-mark.com/2006/04/03/setting-graphics-hardware-acceleration-in-windows/

The second even has a link to a command line utility, that you could put in a batch file to run it. That's another one-click solution.

Kees

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+reduce+the+video+acceleration.