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On Oct 8, 7:57*pm, Cynthia M. Cynthia
wrote:
I e-mailed a word document as an attachment to a supervisor. *She made a few
changes to it and e-mailed it back to me. *When I clicked to open it, *a box
popped up asking me if I wanted to merge with ??? (sorry, I didn't write it
down because I didn't know it would create a problem). *I clicked yes. *Since
then I can't view graphics in ANY of my Word 2007 files. *Instead of a
graphic I get:

{INCLUDEPICTURE " \*MERGE FORMAT}

When I print the document, the graphic appears on the printout. *But it
doesn't appear on my screen when I have the file open. * This is quite a
problem, as I've "lost" all my graphics. *I'm writing a training manual and
need the issue correct asap. *What do I do to correct the problem?