Quick View Displays Bitmap Image as Unintelligible Characters
Article ID: 183072
Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q183072
SYMPTOMS
When you right-click a Windows bitmap (BMP) file and then click Quick
View, unintelligible characters may be displayed instead of the BMP image.
CAUSE
This problem can occur if the BMP image was created using Kodak Imaging.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
- Open the BMP file using Microsoft Paint.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the Save As Type box, click 16 Color Bitmap (*.bmp, *.dib).
- In the File Name box, type a new name for the file. For example, if the
file name is Image.bmp, type imagex.bmp.
- Click Save.
- Right-click the BMP file you saved in step 4, and then click Quick
View.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 98.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to use Quick View, click Start, click
Help, click the Index tab, type quick, and
then double-click the "Quick View" topic.
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