> -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 22:14 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [users] Re: export to Wort DOC format and images > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zinger, Alexey (GE, Corporate, consultant)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [..] > > Just to clarify my own post, the issue is as follows. I'm running > > OO.o > > 2.3 on Windows XP Professional. If I create a simple document in > > Writer and add an image to it using Insert > Picture > From > File menu > > option, I get a resizable image in the document. If I save the > > document to MS Word 97/2000/XP and attempt to open it in MS > Word, the > > image is either missing or there is a placeholder of > correct size, but > > the actual picture within that placeholder is a small > fraction of the > > space it's supposed to take up. Clearly, there seems to be > a problem > > and I'd think this is something that others have encountered. > > > > Also using OOo 2.3, Win XP Home. If I do the same thing and > then view the .doc file in the MS Word 2003 SP1 viewer (I > don't have any "full" version of Word), no images (or even > placeholders) appear at all. Does not matter if images were > inserted using Insert|Picture|From file, or if pasted in from > the clipboard. Same thing (lack of images) after I upgraded > to what is now called MS Office Word Viewer SP3. > > [short time later...] > > Ah ha!! In the viewer, I just discovered View|Print layout, > (compared with the default View|Normal), and the images then appeared! > > If I open the .doc file in Corel WordPerfect 8 then the images appear. > > What version of Word are you using? Perhaps there is a > different View option to use? > > -- > Bob Long
Bob, I'm using Word 2000, and yes, you're absolutely right. If I go to web or print layout, images appear. I'm not sure what that means, but it doesn't "feel" like a feature...
