Article ID: 186369
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office 97 Service Pack 1
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SYMPTOMS
In the programs listed at the beginning of this article, if you click the
Insert menu, point to Picture, click From File, select a picture file, and
click Insert, the following problems may occur:
- The picture file takes a very long time to insert into the worksheet,
document, or presentation.
- The file size of the workbook, document, or presentation increases as
much as 5 to 7 times more than expected. For example, if you insert a
100 kilobyte (KB) picture file, the file size of the workbook, document,
or presentation increases by as much as 500 KB to 700 KB.
CAUSE
These problems may occur if the following conditions are true:
- You are inserting a JPEG file into a worksheet, document, or
presentation.
-and-
- The JPEG file was saved using the Exif standard.
For information about the Exif standard, please see the "More Information"
section in this article.
RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-
2). The JPEG import filter included with Microsoft Office 97
SR-2 has been updated to work correctly with JPEG files saved using the
Exif standard.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the programs included in
both Microsoft Office 97 for Windows and Microsoft Office 97 for Windows,
Service Release 1 (SR-1). This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97
Service Release 2 (SR-2).
For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2
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