Re: Mysterious Drawing

From: Gary Thomson (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/31/04


Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 03:59:10 -0700

Thanx

>-----Original Message-----
>That's how the normal and page layout views work by
design. To quote
>from Word's help file:
>
>Work in normal view for typing, editing, and formatting
text. Normal
>view shows text formatting but simplifies the layout of
the page so that
>you can type and edit quickly. In normal view, page
boundaries, headers
>and footers, backgrounds, drawing objects, and pictures
that do not have
>the "In line with text" wrapping style do not appear.
>
>Work in print layout view to see how text, graphics, and
other elements
>will be positioned on the printed page. This view is
useful for editing
>headers and footers, for adjusting margins, and for
working with columns
>and drawing objects.
>
>
>
>Gary Thomson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a drawing that I produced for my boss on my
>> computer (using Word from Office XP). This was
produced
>> under the "Print Layout" view.
>>
>> I E-mailed him with the document as an attachment, at
>> which point he tried to copy it into a document he had
>> produced (his machine using the earlier version of
Word).
>> The current display of Word on his computer at the time
>> was "Normal" view, and when he tried to copy it he says
he
>> coudln't as nothing was coming up. However, when I
went
>> over to his computer and switched the view to "Print
>> Layout", the drawing appeared!! Very strange!!
>>
>> Is there a reason why the drawing doesn't appear on
Normal
>> view? It's even more strange as when we tried to print
>> the document using Normal view, the drawing came off on
>> the printer, even although it "wasn't there"!!
>
>.
>



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