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Inserted OLE objects only show as icons
Hi,
I am using Word 2003 on W2KSP4. Whenever I insert an OLE object of file type PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP or PDF, it displays as an icon rather than showing the object itself, even though the "Display as icon" check box is clear. This doesn't happen when I insert a Word or Excel object. Any idea what's going on? I tried changing the file associations, but that didn't work either. I've tried the following combinations: PDF: Acrobat PNG, GIF and JPG: IE, Photoshop, PaintShop Pro BMP: PaintShop Pro, Paint I have all these programs installed. When I double-click the inserted icon it opens the expected program in each case, but I can only ever get it to display the icon not the graphic (or PDF page) itself. I tried "create new" using Paint. This lets me create my own picture, but does not let me open the existing BMP even though it is associated with Paint (double-clicking the file in Explorer opens Paint). The same problem occurs when I insert objects into FrameMaker, so the problem is not related to Word itself, but something in my system. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Adrian |
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Hi DocA,
Whenever I insert an OLE object of file type PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP or PDF, it displays as an icon rather than showing the object itself, even though the "Display as icon" check box is clear. This doesn't happen when I insert a Word or Excel object. Generally, you shouldn't insert graphics files as OLE objects. They aren't OLE objects, they're graphics files. They can only work as an OLE object if there's an application registered on the system as an OLE Server for the file types. And embedding them as OLE objects will increase file size and could, if you're very unlucky, also destabilize the document's internal structures. Use the Insert/Picture/From File command to insert graphics into a Word document. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) 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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Thanks for the advice Cindy.
Adrian "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000a747.00777b18@speedy... Hi DocA, Whenever I insert an OLE object of file type PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP or PDF, it displays as an icon rather than showing the object itself, even though the "Display as icon" check box is clear. This doesn't happen when I insert a Word or Excel object. Generally, you shouldn't insert graphics files as OLE objects. They aren't OLE objects, they're graphics files. They can only work as an OLE object if there's an application registered on the system as an OLE Server for the file types. And embedding them as OLE objects will increase file size and could, if you're very unlucky, also destabilize the document's internal structures. Use the Insert/Picture/From File command to insert graphics into a Word document. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) 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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