Re: inserting picture-word 97

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I can not drag & drop. I get a box with the file name only. The Computer is
only a few months old/new, and came with windows xp media and a 950 intel
media graphics accelerator. At this point I have not tried to reinstall any
filters because it didn't come a setup disk. I'm wondering if this problem
is the computer or because I installed my ms office 97 on it.

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

I don't know what to tell you. Can you drag and drop? Did you try to re-install
the filters?
What version Windows are you using? Is your video driver current?

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"Buddy Meister" <BuddyMeister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Mary,
I tried the first two suggestions you gave with no change. Let me add to my
description. I should have mentioned that I could insert clip art. The
problem lies in trying to insert photos that I have taken and downloaded onto
my computer.
I recently bought this computer and this was the first time I tried this
function on this computer. I have used word on several computers for many
years inserting pics, but this is the first time I've run into this problem.
I'm wondering if old ms office products don't work on newer ms os.

Does this info change what I need to do.

Thanks,

Buddy


"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Buddy,
Start by re-registering the Gallery. Find ARTGALRY.EXE, double click the
file.
It is in a folder similar to this:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ARTGALRY

If you can open the Gallery, right-click any picture in the catalogue, click
recover.

The Clip Gallery has its own help file, there are other troubleshooting steps
you can try.

Could be your graphic filter(s) is broken. Rename the .wmf filter first, see
if
that makes a difference.

The filters are in a file similar to this
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Grphflt

Rename WMFIMP32.FLT to WMFIMP32.old. Drag a new instance of this file from
your
setup disk into the same folder.

You can drag the CAG.exe icon to the desktop and make a shortcut. You cannot
insert from it but you can drag and drop

The CAG.exe icon is in a folder similar to this
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ARTGALRY
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"Buddy Meister" <BuddyMeister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Are you inserting from the Clip Gallery?

CG3: Clip Gallery General Troubleshooting Tips Part 1 of 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/162124/en-us

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"Buddy Meister" <Buddy Meister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm running msoffice 97 on windows xp media.

When I try to insert a picture into a document three things happen that
I've
never seen before.

1. the "insert picture browser window will not show thumbnails.
2. when I choose a pic and click insert, a convert file window pops up
with
a list of formats to choose from. Never saw this before.
3. No matter which format I select, an error window appears "an error
occurred when importing this file".

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi Mary

I can see the pics in the clip art gallary. I'm working in a regular word
document. I click on the "insert picture" icon in the tool bar and as I
mentioned above happens...

Buddy,







.

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