Microsoft KB Archive/59283

Graphics Mode Not Available Under OS/2

PSS ID Number: Q59283 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

OS/2

= SUMMARY =

Under OS/2, the following message will appear in the message line if Word cannot switch the display into graphics mode after attempting to change to a graphics mode or after attempting to start Print Preview:

Cannot switch to graphics mode

= MORE INFORMATION =

There are four reasons why a graphics mode does not display in Word 5.00 under OS/2:

  Only text mode is available when Word is started from an OS/2 text window prompt. Start Word from an OS/2 full screen prompt. If Word is started from the OS/2 Presentation Manager Start Programs dialog box, make sure that Word 5.00 is set up to run in a full-screen mode. To change the Start Programs box so that Word will start in a full-screen mode, follow these steps:   Highlight the Word option in the Start Programs dialog box.   Choose Program Change Change and use the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW keys to select the “Run the program full-screen” option.   Press ENTER.    The program cannot find the screen driver. No SCREEN.VID file exists in the Word 5.00 directory.   A screen driver may have been created specifically for DOS. If the instructions in the MAKEVID.DOC file are followed, the screen driver created will allow a graphics mode in DOS but not in OS/2. For example, to create an IBM EGA screen driver for DOS, the following command line entry is recommended: MAKEVID EGANEW.VID -Lfr EGA.CSD -Lfr EGA.GSD To make a screen driver that supports a graphics mode in OS/2, the following command line entry is recommended: MAKEVID EGANEW.VID -Lfp EGA.CSD -Lfs EGA.GSD Note that the “-Lfs” parameter was used to create a screen driver that allows graphics under OS/2.   The video display is supported in DOS but not in OS/2. See Pages 190-192 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 5.0 manual. Note that graphics in Hercules and IBM 8514/A are not currently supported in Word 5.00 operating under OS/2. </li></ol>

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