WD98: Error When Opening File with Link to Graphic on Flop
Article ID: 193750
Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q193750
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, a graphic linked to a floppy disk,
but not actually saved in the document, may not load when you reopen the
document. Instead, the picture is missing and replaced with a
placeholder of a red square, blue triangle, and green circle.
WORKAROUND
Save the graphic within the document rather than linking to a floppy disk
to prevent the link from being broken.
RESOLUTION
To allow the link to work properly, delete the colon in the INCLUDEPICTURE
link and follow these steps:
- On the Tools menu, click Preferences, and click the View tab. (Or you
can press OPTION+F9).
- Click to select the Field codes option under Show, and click OK.
- Place your cursor in front of the three colons, as in this example:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "<cursor here>:::FloppyDisk:Pictures:Image.jpeg" \*
MERGEFORMAT \d}
- Press the Delete key on the keyboard 3 times.
After deleting the colons, the link should appear as this:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "FloppyDisk:Pictures:Image.jpeg" \* MERGEFORMAT \d}
- On the Edit menu, click Select All.
- Press F9 to update the fields.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
REFERENCES
For additional information about inserting pictures as links, please see
the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
182677 WD98: Inserting Linked Picture Results in Absolute Path
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