WD97: Word for Alpha Unable to Insert DRW, CGM, DXF Graphics
Article ID: 168350
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition, when used with:
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SYMPTOMS
If you insert a DRW, CGM, or DXF graphic into a Microsoft Word 97 document
running on the Alpha platform, the graphic may be inserted as a blank
bounding box (an empty frame), or it may not be inserted at all.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
When you insert a Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) graphic, the graphic
will fail to preview, and when inserted, will be a blank bounding box.
When you insert a Micrografx Designer Draw or Windows Draw (DRW) graphic,
only part of the graphic may be inserted or when inserted, will be a blank
bounding box.
When you insert a AutoCAD Format 2-D (DXF) graphic, the graphic will act
as if it will be inserted, but nothing is inserted into the document.
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