Microsoft KB Archive/193750

= WD98: Error When Opening File with Link to Graphic on Flop =

Article ID: 193750

Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q193750



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, a graphic linked to a floppy disk, but not actually saved in the document, may not load when you reopen the document. Instead, the picture is missing and replaced with a placeholder of a red square, blue triangle, and green circle.



WORKAROUND
Save the graphic within the document rather than linking to a floppy disk to prevent the link from being broken.



RESOLUTION
To allow the link to work properly, delete the colon in the INCLUDEPICTURE link and follow these steps:  On the Tools menu, click Preferences, and click the View tab. (Or you can press OPTION+F9). Click to select the Field codes option under Show, and click OK. Place your cursor in front of the three colons, as in this example:

{INCLUDEPICTURE " :::FloppyDisk:Pictures:Image.jpeg" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

 Press the Delete key on the keyboard 3 times.

After deleting the colons, the link should appear as this:

{INCLUDEPICTURE "FloppyDisk:Pictures:Image.jpeg" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}

 On the Edit menu, click Select All. Press F9 to update the fields.</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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