[Catch 23]

I created a simple graphic in Visio 2003, which I want to insert in a
Word document. I am using Word 2007, but the document needs to be
saved in compatibility mode.

I have tried inserting the image in various ways and formats. They all
print correctly, but are only visible on the screen in Full Screen
Reading mode. In both Draft and Print layout, the images appear as an
empty box.

How can I get the images to be visible, especially in draft mode?

I used to do this all the time with Word 2003.

[Jay Freedman]

Catch 23 wrote:
I created a simple graphic in Visio 2003, which I want to insert in a
Word document. I am using Word 2007, but the document needs to be
saved in compatibility mode.

I have tried inserting the image in various ways and formats. They all
print correctly, but are only visible on the screen in Full Screen
Reading mode. In both Draft and Print layout, the images appear as an
empty box.

How can I get the images to be visible, especially in draft mode?

I used to do this all the time with Word 2003.

Go to Office button Word Options Advanced Show document content. Check
the box for "Show drawings and text boxes on screen" and uncheck the box for
"Show picture placeholders".

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

[Catch 23]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:59:01 -0400, "Jay Freedman"
wrote:

Catch 23 wrote:
I created a simple graphic in Visio 2003, which I want to insert in a
Word document. I am using Word 2007, but the document needs to be
saved in compatibility mode.

I have tried inserting the image in various ways and formats. They all
print correctly, but are only visible on the screen in Full Screen
Reading mode. In both Draft and Print layout, the images appear as an
empty box.

How can I get the images to be visible, especially in draft mode?

I used to do this all the time with Word 2003.

Go to Office button Word Options Advanced Show document content. Check
the box for "Show drawings and text boxes on screen" and uncheck the box for
"Show picture placeholders".

Thank you. I fiddled with those, but never got the right combination.
Perfect. Happy camper. ;-)

[Sesquipedalian Sam]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:59:01 -0400, "Jay Freedman"
wrote:

Catch 23 wrote:
I created a simple graphic in Visio 2003, which I want to insert in a
Word document. I am using Word 2007, but the document needs to be
saved in compatibility mode.

I have tried inserting the image in various ways and formats. They all
print correctly, but are only visible on the screen in Full Screen
Reading mode. In both Draft and Print layout, the images appear as an
empty box.

How can I get the images to be visible, especially in draft mode?

I used to do this all the time with Word 2003.

Go to Office button Word Options Advanced Show document content. Check
the box for "Show drawings and text boxes on screen" and uncheck the box for
"Show picture placeholders".

Jay,

I am having trouble with this again. I uploaded a Word 2007 document
with a graphgic that will not display in draft view. I think I have
the setting as your suggest.

Here's the link:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hpyonr

Thanks

[Jay Freedman]

Sesquipedalian Sam wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:59:01 -0400, "Jay Freedman"
wrote:

Catch 23 wrote:
I created a simple graphic in Visio 2003, which I want to insert in
a Word document. I am using Word 2007, but the document needs to be
saved in compatibility mode.

I have tried inserting the image in various ways and formats. They
all print correctly, but are only visible on the screen in Full
Screen Reading mode. In both Draft and Print layout, the images
appear as an empty box.

How can I get the images to be visible, especially in draft mode?

I used to do this all the time with Word 2003.

Go to Office button Word Options Advanced Show document
content. Check the box for "Show drawings and text boxes on screen"
and uncheck the box for "Show picture placeholders".

Jay,

I am having trouble with this again. I uploaded a Word 2007 document
with a graphgic that will not display in draft view. I think I have
the setting as your suggest.

Here's the link:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hpyonr

Thanks

There's nothing wrong with the document or your settings. My previous reply
was aimed at getting the graphics to display in Print Layout view, which you
said was showing empty boxes. Your document does display the picture in that
view. However, Draft view is a different story.

It seems that Draft view in Word 2007 is not identical to Normal view in
Word 2003. In particular, Draft view doesn't show _any_ graphics, regardless
of their text wrapping; the old Normal view would show inline graphics but
not floating ones.

As an experiment, I saved your document in Word 2003 .doc format and opened
that file in Word 2003 -- and the inline graphic does display in Normal
view.

Please note that this is an "experimental" result, not a statement of a
documented change in behavior. Someone else may come along with knowledge of
a setting I've overlooked.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

[Sesquipedalian Sam]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:10:46 -0400, "Jay Freedman"
wrote:

Sesquipedalian Sam wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:59:01 -0400, "Jay Freedman"
wrote:

Catch 23 wrote:
I created a simple graphic in Visio 2003, which I want to insert in
a Word document. I am using Word 2007, but the document needs to be
saved in compatibility mode.

I have tried inserting the image in various ways and formats. They
all print correctly, but are only visible on the screen in Full
Screen Reading mode. In both Draft and Print layout, the images
appear as an empty box.

How can I get the images to be visible, especially in draft mode?

I used to do this all the time with Word 2003.

Go to Office button Word Options Advanced Show document
content. Check the box for "Show drawings and text boxes on screen"
and uncheck the box for "Show picture placeholders".

Jay,

I am having trouble with this again. I uploaded a Word 2007 document
with a graphgic that will not display in draft view. I think I have
the setting as your suggest.

Here's the link:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hpyonr

Thanks

There's nothing wrong with the document or your settings. My previous reply
was aimed at getting the graphics to display in Print Layout view, which you
said was showing empty boxes. Your document does display the picture in that
view. However, Draft view is a different story.

In the original post, the question was about both Print and Draft
view. I almost always work in draft view. Your solution fixed the
problem in Draft view.

It seems that Draft view in Word 2007 is not identical to Normal view in
Word 2003. In particular, Draft view doesn't show _any_ graphics, regardless
of their text wrapping; the old Normal view would show inline graphics but
not floating ones.

This is not correct. As I said, your solution worked perfectly in
Draft view. I have many documents with graphics crated in Visio and
they all display properly in Draft view.

I have modified my previous upload to include one of those graphics
from Visio. It displays just fine in Draft view. The first graphic,
which was created in a graphing program, still does not display.

So, there has to be something different about the two graphics. In
both cases, I used the clipboard.

Here's the new link to a modified file with two graphics. The previous
one still does not display. The one I added does.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hrfdg1

As an experiment, I saved your document in Word 2003 .doc format and opened
that file in Word 2003 -- and the inline graphic does display in Normal
view.

Please note that this is an "experimental" result, not a statement of a
documented change in behavior. Someone else may come along with knowledge of
a setting I've overlooked.

[Sesquipedalian Sam]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:52:41 -0700, Sesquipedalian Sam
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:10:46 -0400, "Jay Freedman"
wrote:

Sesquipedalian Sam wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:59:01 -0400, "Jay Freedman"
wrote:

Catch 23 wrote:
I created a simple graphic in Visio 2003, which I want to insert in
a Word document. I am using Word 2007, but the document needs to be
saved in compatibility mode.

I have tried inserting the image in various ways and formats. They
all print correctly, but are only visible on the screen in Full
Screen Reading mode. In both Draft and Print layout, the images
appear as an empty box.

How can I get the images to be visible, especially in draft mode?

I used to do this all the time with Word 2003.

Go to Office button Word Options Advanced Show document
content. Check the box for "Show drawings and text boxes on screen"
and uncheck the box for "Show picture placeholders".

Jay,

I am having trouble with this again. I uploaded a Word 2007 document
with a graphgic that will not display in draft view. I think I have
the setting as your suggest.

Here's the link:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hpyonr

Thanks

There's nothing wrong with the document or your settings. My previous reply
was aimed at getting the graphics to display in Print Layout view, which you
said was showing empty boxes. Your document does display the picture in that
view. However, Draft view is a different story.

In the original post, the question was about both Print and Draft
view. I almost always work in draft view. Your solution fixed the
problem in Draft view.

It seems that Draft view in Word 2007 is not identical to Normal view in
Word 2003. In particular, Draft view doesn't show _any_ graphics, regardless
of their text wrapping; the old Normal view would show inline graphics but
not floating ones.

This is not correct. As I said, your solution worked perfectly in
Draft view. I have many documents with graphics crated in Visio and
they all display properly in Draft view.

I have modified my previous upload to include one of those graphics
from Visio. It displays just fine in Draft view. The first graphic,
which was created in a graphing program, still does not display.

So, there has to be something different about the two graphics. In
both cases, I used the clipboard.

Here's the new link to a modified file with two graphics. The previous
one still does not display. The one I added does.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hrfdg1

As an experiment, I saved your document in Word 2003 .doc format and opened
that file in Word 2003 -- and the inline graphic does display in Normal
view.

Please note that this is an "experimental" result, not a statement of a
documented change in behavior. Someone else may come along with knowledge of
a setting I've overlooked.

One more piece of data: If I switch to Print Layout, then both images
display. If I select the first one (that does NOT display in Draft
Layout, I get a different set of handles than if I select the second
one (that DOES display in Draft Layout).

The one that DOES display acquires a dotted border and 8 square light
blue handles. The one tghat does NOT display, acquires 8 handles, but
they are "hollow" and tne corner oves are round. There is also a
rotate handle at the top.

Finally, the one that DOES display has a grey background like a field,
so I tried Shift-F9 and it became {EMBED Visio.drawing.11 }. The other
one was unaffected.