Poor graphics engine. Word is demanding of graphics and if you have an
integrated graphics chip on the motherboard, it is probably too feeble to
keep up the screen refresh when you scroll along. Other than checking to see
if you have the latest graphics drivers, there's little you can do other
than upgrade your graphics card.

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"RoystonB" wrote in message
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: I'm having problems with pictures within Word. I have
: received a number of emails with Word attachments, which
: contain pictures. When the document is opened the picture
: on the screen is fine. However, when I scroll the picture
: are erased from the screen and the pictures further now
: the page are not shown. But I can get them back by using
: the Task Pane and the pictures on the screen reappear.
: But scroll again and they disappear. Task Pane, reappear.
:
: Any ideas please? Thanks
: