There's something weird going on here because I created a document with at
least 100 large photographs (linked, not embedded) on a system with
considerably less muscle than you have, without the issues you're
experiencing. One advantage to linking the graphics (when possible) is that
they're not entirely gone even if they go astray.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Thorsten Claus" wrote in message
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unfortunately this is not the case. I checked this box, too, and I also
checked the Print View, the original pictures are gone, but 1 inch square
boxes are instead displayed.

I created the document myself, current size is about 20 MB.

I inserted the pictures with Paste Special - Bitmap and reduced all the
bitmaps over the compress command for 200 DPI. I can paste and copy from
previous versions of my document, but during further editing, the pictures
will vanish again.

When I open the document and try to select one of these 1 inch boxes, an
error messages says "not enough memory", though my page file is only 600MB
(maximum 2GB), and no other applications are open, closed all background
stuff like Skype, X1, Outlook, ...) I've got a Centrino 1.66 with 1GB
ram,
seems to be too little...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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When a document contains a lot of graphics and processing power is
limited,
Word will automatically enable picture placeholders (Tools | Options |
View). You can disable this, but don't be surprised if it gets turned on
again.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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so
all may benefit.

"Thorsten Claus" wrote in message
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Hi there,
I have a document with ~100 pages, 60 graphics, and I start loosing
images.
Instead of the image a clear square of 1" is displayed.

Is there a way to recover the images? How do I proceed in the future?

Thanks for any help,
Thorsten