Microsoft KB Archive/66852

Positioning EPS Graphic Causes Infinite Repagination PSS ID Number: Q66852 Article last modified on 07-20-1993 PSS database name: APpsConV

1.10

WINDOWS

Summary:

Inserting and positioning an encapsulated PostScript (EPS) picture in a Word for Windows document using the EPS macro supplied Word for Windows version 1.1 can generate infinite document repagination.

This problem does not occur with the EPS graphics filter shipped with Word for Windows version 1.1a.

More Information:

To insert an EPS file into a Word for Windows 1.1 document, you must install the EPS macro by opening EXAMPLES.DOC and choosing to install EPS support. The EPS support macro modifies the InsertPicture and FilePrint macros to display and print an EPS image.

If you select the InsertPicture to bring in the EPS image, the modified InsertPicture macro creates two files out of the EPS file. One of the files that the EPS support macro creates has a .PS extension. This file contains PostScript code for positioning the picture and is included in the document using the INCLUDE field. Positioning the picture by choosing Position from the Format menu and changing the paragraph width can force this INCLUDE field to extend beyond the end of the page and cause infinite repagination.

Possible Workaround
Infinite repagination sometimes occurs in documents where an image is positioned with a Vertical position setting of Top, Relative To Margin. In some cases, the infinite repagination can be corrected by setting Vertical to 1 inch, Relative To Page, instead of Top, Relative To Margin.

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