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linked objects becoming pictures
we have been using linked objects for letterhead and attorney names in our
multiple documents. These are simple test documents, no tables, no images. suddenly, in some of the documents the linked object becomes a "pic". What's up with that? and why would it not happen in all the documents? Does it help to know that I am working on a new machine? could this be a function of our account mangement software through which we are merging documents? Part B: in trying to find the answer to this question I came upon a discussion about "frames" I am relatively new to Word (diehard Wordperfect user before) and don't know how frames work. would this be a better way to insert this kind of information (letterhead, attorney information, and other standard inserts)? |
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linked objects becoming pictures
Hi ?B?bHBhdHQ=?=,
we have been using linked objects for letterhead and attorney names in our multiple documents. These are simple test documents, no tables, no images. suddenly, in some of the documents the linked object becomes a "pic". What's up with that? and why would it not happen in all the documents? Does it help to know that I am working on a new machine? could this be a function of our account mangement software through which we are merging documents? Can you be more specific about what kind of objects these are? (Since they aren't "images", but things are turning into "pics", it would be useful to know what application they belong to.) In a general way, what you describe will happen if Word can't access the software that "owns" the objects. If it isn't installed on the new machine, for example. It can also be a result of some kind of "management" software (also anti-virus) that's explicitly unlinking OLE objects. So it could be the account management software. Part B: in trying to find the answer to this question I came upon a discussion about "frames" I am relatively new to Word (diehard Wordperfect user before) and don't know how frames work. would this be a better way to insert this kind of information (letterhead, attorney information, and other standard inserts)? Frames won't make any difference with this, I don't think. The problem is at a different level. Frames are more an alternative to apply "text wrap" formatting around a picture (or object) that make it more "visible" to Word's internal processes (such as creating a Table of Figures). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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linked objects becoming pictures
The objects that I am inserting are simple Word text files.
I'll be talking to the software company that handles the account management system for other issues today, I'll see if they have any insight. lp "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?bHBhdHQ=?=, we have been using linked objects for letterhead and attorney names in our multiple documents. These are simple test documents, no tables, no images. suddenly, in some of the documents the linked object becomes a "pic". What's up with that? and why would it not happen in all the documents? Does it help to know that I am working on a new machine? could this be a function of our account mangement software through which we are merging documents? Can you be more specific about what kind of objects these are? (Since they aren't "images", but things are turning into "pics", it would be useful to know what application they belong to.) In a general way, what you describe will happen if Word can't access the software that "owns" the objects. If it isn't installed on the new machine, for example. It can also be a result of some kind of "management" software (also anti-virus) that's explicitly unlinking OLE objects. So it could be the account management software. Part B: in trying to find the answer to this question I came upon a discussion about "frames" I am relatively new to Word (diehard Wordperfect user before) and don't know how frames work. would this be a better way to insert this kind of information (letterhead, attorney information, and other standard inserts)? Frames won't make any difference with this, I don't think. The problem is at a different level. Frames are more an alternative to apply "text wrap" formatting around a picture (or object) that make it more "visible" to Word's internal processes (such as creating a Table of Figures). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hi ?B?bHBhdHQ=?=,
The objects that I am inserting are simple Word text files. Why would you insert text files as objects? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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