Microsoft KB Archive/157637

= WD97: Placeholder Replaces Image After Adding Hyperlink =

Article ID: 157637

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157637



SYMPTOMS
If you copy and paste a graphic from one Web page to another, select the pasted image, and then insert a hyperlink, the image appears as a placeholder showing a circle, square, and triangle.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open the original Web page containing the image you want.
 * 2) Right-click the image and click Save Picture As.
 * 3) Choose a location and type a name for the image and Click Save.
 * 4) Switch to the second document.
 * 5) On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.
 * 6) Select the image you saved in step 3 and click Insert.
 * 7) Select the image and click Hyperlink on the Insert menu.
 * 8) In the Link to File or URL box, type the URL and click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem is corrected in Microsoft Word 2000 for Windows.

Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB157637

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