Microsoft Word 2003 Pictures disappear

Holly Allen · 04-16-2008, 01:12 PM

I am using Microsoft Word 2003 on XP OS. When I insert a picture or printscreen into a Word document and I scroll down, the picture disappears. It is still there, but you can't see it. If I go to Print Preview, I can see it. I have tried a lot of the troubleshooting techniques out there, but nothing seems to take care of the problem. Is this a bug in Word that can't be resolved? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Jack.Sparrow · 04-16-2008, 04:35 PM

Hello Holly, Welcome to TSF.

I don't know if it's a known bug, I'd call it more of a glitch. It will still print if you send it to the print and it will still be there if you send it as an attachment. An easy way to get it to display again is to simple click on where the picture was.

Garryson01 · 04-18-2008, 06:21 AM

you can press one of the directional buttons on your keyboard to get it back up. It is a known fault in word and usually occurs with large pictures.

HankC · 04-19-2008, 04:40 PM

Holly Allen: Another alternative technique to add to your "toolbox" - Right click on the picture > Format Picture ... > Layout > Wrapping style, then click on either "Behind text" or "In front of text".

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dragonbones · 04-21-2008, 11:45 PM

I have found descriptions of some fixes for this that involve reducing the graphic accelerator:
http://victorcaballero.blogspot.com/...disappear.html
and
here
http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question...8142605AASmAKu

See also
http://www.intel.com/support/graphic.../CS-020748.htm

I'll be trying that on one of my computers later this week, as I have the same problem.

04-16-2008, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Holly Allen Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Microsoft Word 2003 Pictures disappear I am using Microsoft Word 2003 on XP OS. When I insert a picture or printscreen into a Word document and I scroll down, the picture disappears. It is still there, but you can't see it. If I go to Print Preview, I can see it. I have tried a lot of the troubleshooting techniques out there, but nothing seems to take care of the problem. Is this a bug in Word that can't be resolved? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

04-16-2008, 04:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 14,697 OS: XP SP2/Vista SP1 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Microsoft Word 2003 Pictures disappear Hello Holly, Welcome to TSF. I don't know if it's a known bug, I'd call it more of a glitch. It will still print if you send it to the print and it will still be there if you send it as an attachment. An easy way to get it to display again is to simple click on where the picture was. __________________ Ollie: As a species, we're fundamentally insane. Put two of us in a room, we pick sides, and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion? .

04-18-2008, 06:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Garryson01 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hinckley, UK Posts: 268 OS: XP SP 2, Vista SP1	Re: Microsoft Word 2003 Pictures disappear you can press one of the directional buttons on your keyboard to get it back up. It is a known fault in word and usually occurs with large pictures. __________________ Russell Bates Network Administrator, ATI Garryson, Ibstock, Leicestershire

04-19-2008, 04:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
HankC Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Re: Microsoft Word 2003 Pictures disappear Holly Allen: Another alternative technique to add to your "toolbox" - Right click on the picture > Format Picture ... > Layout > Wrapping style, then click on either "Behind text" or "In front of text". .

04-21-2008, 11:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
dragonbones Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5 OS: office 2000?	Re: Microsoft Word 2003 Pictures disappear I have found descriptions of some fixes for this that involve reducing the graphic accelerator: http://victorcaballero.blogspot.com/...disappear.html and here http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question...8142605AASmAKu See also http://www.intel.com/support/graphic.../CS-020748.htm I'll be trying that on one of my computers later this week, as I have the same problem.