Microsoft KB Archive/282593

= JPEG, GIF images lose quality and direction after you convert document to WordPerfect format =

Article ID: 282593

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003

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This article was previously published under Q282593





For a Microsoft Word 2000 version of this article, see 220406.



SYMPTOMS
You save a Microsoft Word document in one of the following formats:
 * WordPerfect 5.0 (*.doc)
 * WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (*.doc
 * WordPerfect 5.x for Windows

The document contains either a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) or GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) image. If you then reopen the document in Word or open it in WordPerfect, the image is turned upside down (rotated) and reversed (mirrored). The image quality is also degraded. For example, the clarity and color may not match the quality of the original image.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, save the original document that contains the correctly displayed images in either Rich Text Format (RTF) or Microsoft Word document format. To do this, select one of the following file types in the Save As dialog box (on the File menu, click Save As):
 * Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
 * Word 97-2000 & 6.0/95 - RTF (*.doc)
 * Word 6.0/95 (*.doc)
 * Word Document (*.doc)

For more information about limitations of graphics when you save a Word document as WordPerfect, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290362 Descriptions and limitations of Microsoft Word graphics filters



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: export convert converting conversion graphic picture upside down upside-down mirror reversed topsy-turvy orientation flipped inverted

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB282593

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