Cindy M -WordMVP- wrote:
Hi Chirpy,

Sorry if this is a very elementary question but I have tried everywhere for
a solution on "Help", and many books.
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Has anyone got the time to give me step by step, foolproof, instructions from
the start please? I would like to pass this exam!

My first reaction was: just press Alt+F9 to toggle the field code off. Then I
read on to the part about corruption, then went back and saw the term "icon",
and...

I think this is a problem with the configuration of the machine you're working
on. You shouldn't be getting an icon. A field code, possibly, but not an icon.
It might help if you give us the EXACT message Word is showing when you click
(or double-click? Please be very accurate in your problem description).

You should also tell us exactly which version of Word is involved.

To get us a step further, even with the outstanding questions: try starting Word
in SAFE MODE and see if that makes any difference.

Also try booting Windows in Safe Mode and see if that changes anything.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Dear Cindy
Thank you. Word Version 2002 SP3 WINDOWS XP Pro.
When I hightlight the data and choose Insert, Picture, Chart or Insert Object,
MS Excel Graph, I just get
{EMBED MS Graph. Chart.8\}. If I do Alt F9 IT disappears into the black chart
"handles"but there is nothing inside. The chart displays OK in print preview.
The error message when I click on the {EMBED MS Graph. Chart. } part is "This
object is corrupt or no longer available."

Quite by chance I found that when I inserted WordArt into letter this
afternoon, that didn't display properly either, although it showed on print
preview. I couldn't edit it once it was done and all that showed on the
screen were 2 off-centre black lines - presumably on either side of the
lettering.I have never had trouble with WordArt before.
If I didn't know that my Norton virus protection was up-to-date I would begin
to wonder!
I have been experimenting a lot to learn about field codes lately - could I
have changed a setting to cause this?
I have never used "safe mode" so would need more instructions. Sorry.
Thanks again.