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Thread ID: 57525 2005-05-05 05:56:00 Cant see pictures etc in word/excell Jackie (7301) Press F1
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352354 2005-05-05 05:56:00 I have a new notebook with Office 2003. When I paste a picture or object into Excel or Word the don't show on the screen. They are there if you change the order or alter properties, but when you reopen the document they are invisable again. They will also print out fine even if they are not showing up on the screen? Jackie (7301)
352355 2005-05-05 05:58:00 Try using the insert picture option in word, not paste the pic. It might or should bring up the picture. Speedy Gonzales (78)
352356 2005-05-05 06:34:00 It's not just pictures.

If I insert a line in word, then scroll down the page so the inserted object is out of veiw, then scroll back up, it is gone. I am still able to click on it and then if I change the colour it is visable again?
Jackie (7301)
352357 2005-05-05 20:52:00 . Jackie (7301)
352358 2005-05-05 21:51:00 Have a look at this page to see if it helps.
word.mvps.org
hth
johnboy (217)
352359 2005-05-05 23:26:00 No didnt help...........

If I draw a line in Excel it will not appear. I am able to select the line however and change the colour to black. This makes the line show in my document. If I then scroll the page down so the line is out of veiw, then scroll back up the page line has gone and I have to repeat the prosess of changing the colour again. :badpc:
Jackie (7301)
352360 2005-05-05 23:39:00 Sounds very odd Jackie. It's as if there is insufficient memory available so the screen is not re-drawing properly. Do you have a large number of apps open or background processes? You may have to look in the task manager to see whats running. In Word some types of images are not displayed correctly (you may see a big red X placeholder) unless you are in Print Layout view. Parry (5696)
352361 2005-05-06 02:10:00 I too have had this problem on my work PC with word 2002 where the pictures do not display or only display after the screen is resized (e.g. when switching the task pane on or off) - which to me would indicate a refresh or a driver problem. But the wierd thing is that it is intermittent too. The IT people at my work had a look and did all the normal things like replacing normal.dot and some of standard include templates which sort of temporarily fixed it. However I have found that when it does happen, if I close word and other applications (typically IE) and then reopen word it will display pictures again. Not much help but I can sympathise with what you are going through as it is extremely frustrating! odyssey (4613)
352362 2005-05-06 06:57:00 My work machine does this as well (XP + Office) occasionally. Often the display issue shows up when working with tables and a horizontal section of the table will become invisible if you scroll up and down. Going to a different page and then coming back again results in the table displaying correctly. I've also heard that it is related to graphic drivers. Being a business machine, it is onboard graphics sharing not much RAM to start with.

How much RAM does the laptop have?
Jen (38)
352363 2005-05-06 11:35:00 Can I suggest you look for the latest video driver for you laptop. Install this. Reboot.Then try again. thepom (7654)
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