Microsoft KB Archive/139866

= How to Install the CGM and CorelDraw Filters =

Article ID: 139866

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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This article was previously published under Q139866



SYMPTOMS
When you try to insert a CGM or CorelDraw picture, its name is not available in the List Files Of Type list. If you select a file from the list and click OK, Word displays the Convert File From list. The file type you are looking for is not on this list. If you select one of the types anyway, you get the following error message:

This file was not recognized by the specified graphics filter.



CAUSE
When you installed Word, you chose to perform a Typical, Custom, or Compact installation. If you chose Custom, you may have cleared the Converters And Filters option. Some graphics filters are not installed with a Typical or Compact installation. Installed during Typical Setup       NOT installed during Typical Setup --       -- TIF                                   EPS BMP                                  Targa WPG                                  DXF DrawPerfect Export                   CGM PICT                                 PCX WMF                                  DRW JPG                                  CorelDraw HPGL GIF Kodak



Windows 95
To install the missing graphics filters, use the following steps:

 Quit Word. Click the Windows Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. Click the Install/Uninstall tab. In the list of installed software, select either Microsoft Word or Microsoft Office. Click Add/Remove.</li> In the Setup box, click Add/Remove.</li> If you are using Office Setup, follow these steps:

<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Select Converters, Filters, and Data Access, and click Change Options.</li> Select Graphics Filters, and click Change Option.</li> Select the filters you want. If you want to install the CGM filter, select Computer Graphics Metafile Import. Click OK.</li> Click OK again.</li> Click Continue.</li> When prompted by Setup, insert the appropriate disk or compact disc.</li></ol>

The new component is installed.</li> If you are using Word Setup, follow these steps:

<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Select Converters and Filters. Click Change Option.</li> Select Graphics Filters, and click Change Option.</li> Select those graphics filters you want to install.</li> Click OK.</li> Click OK again.</li> Click Continue.</li> <li>When prompted by Setup, insert the appropriate disk or compact disc.</li></ol>

The new component is installed.</li></ol>

Windows NT
If you are running Word for Windows 95 on Windows NT, substitute the following steps for steps 1-5 above:


 * 1) Quit Word
 * 2) From Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.
 * 3) Type a:\setup. Click OK. Insert Disk 1 of the Word Setup disks. Continue with step 6 above.

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