Re: my graphics are invisible in Publisher

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CM Garrison <CMGarrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> was very recently
heard to utter:
> I get nothing on Detailed View nor anything on fast/resize view. At
> least I get an X'd box on "hide pictures" - which is how I finished
> up my website yesterday.

This is almost certainly a problem with your video driver.

By going to Display Properties > Settings > Advanced > Troubleshoot, and
dragging the Hardware Acceleration slider down three notches, you will be
able to disable Publisher from making the calls on the video driver that
cause this problem.

If this does fix your problem, it means that the problem does indeed lie
with the video driver. You can leave your computer running at this lower
hardware acceleration, but it may cause problems with other programs. It is
a better solution to try and find a driver update for your graphics card.
Normally, the latest drivers from the video card manufacturer will do the
trick, but ATI tend to be slower in perfecting their drivers, so some newer
ATI cards to not yet have drivers available that do not exhibit this
behaviour. The solution here is to nag ATI for better drivers.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher


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