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CG4: Clip Gallery Object Appears as Gray Hashed Box

Article ID: 187765

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002


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SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to run Clip Gallery, Clip Gallery may appear as a gray hashed box.

CAUSE

This behavior appears if you minimize Clip Gallery and then close the program. When you do this, Clip Gallery closes in a minimized state. If you then attempt to run Clip Gallery, it opens in a minimized state. The minimized Clip Gallery window appears on the taskbar and a gray hashed box appears in place of the Clip Gallery object in your file.

RESOLUTION

Click the Microsoft Clip Gallery button on the taskbar, select a clip and insert it.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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