inserted graphics

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D. Fox

First of all, I am absolutely appauled at the lack of
support Microsoft wishes to give it's users of OEM
acquired products. Therefore I respectfully submit my
dilema to this network of users. Using Word 97, I
sometimes insert graphics into the document. When I give
the file to my customer, on a floppy disk, they cannot
retrieve the graphics because Word looks for the original
link (on my computer. The file size, however, indicates
that the graphic was included in the saved file. How can I
make sure the inserted graphic is included in the saved
file and can be displayed on another computer using that
file?

forever hopeful.....
 
Hi D. Fox,

Press Alt+F9 to toggle on the field codes in the document and make sure that
the graphic is not replaced by a field code. Also advise your customers NOT
to open the files from the floppy disk. They should copy them to their hard
drive and open them from there.

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
Because it's one of the top three ways to corrupt your document.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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You get what you pay for. There are two reasons an OEM version is
cheaper than a retail version: support and licensing. :-)

Personally I refuse to purchase OEM versions of any software.

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Doug. Thank you for your prompt help. And thank you
Suzanne for explaining why not to open a Word document
from a floppy. You people that are knowledgeable are
providing a much needed service to those who aren't. Thank
you very much.
 
Hi D.,

OEM copies of MS software are not intended for
direct sale to end users. They are to be sold only
with new PCs with the PC supplier agreeing to provide
trained support personnel to its customers for that
software. PC suppliers used to insist on being the
ones to provide support (i.e. they wanted the customers
to keep coming back to them) and the PC suppliers (OEMs)
get really low prices on the software as part of the
'deal' to have them provide the support.

In Word 2002 and Word 2003 there is a feature that lets
you open a document from a diskette more safely because
that feature will copy the document to your hard drive
before it opens it and will only return it to the diskette
when you're saving the final result. That change is
in Tools=>Options=>Save
[x] Make local copy of files stored on network or removable drives"

"Temporarily stores a local copy of a file that you store on a network or removable drive. When you save the local copy, Word saves
your changes to the original copy. If the original file is not available, Word prompts you to save the file in another location to
avoid data loss."

You would, however, as Doug mentions, still need to
embed the graphic in the Word document you send out
in your scenario and depending on the size of the
graphic the file may be too large for the diskette <g>

==========
First of all, I am absolutely appauled at the lack of
support Microsoft wishes to give it's users of OEM
acquired products. Therefore I respectfully submit my
dilema to this network of users. Using Word 97, I
sometimes insert graphics into the document. When I give
the file to my customer, on a floppy disk, they cannot
retrieve the graphics because Word looks for the original
link (on my computer. The file size, however, indicates
that the graphic was included in the saved file. How can I
make sure the inserted graphic is included in the saved
file and can be displayed on another computer using that
file?

forever hopeful..... >>
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I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

The Office 2003 System parts explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/preview/system.asp

MS on 'Why Office System 2003'
http://microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2003/10-13productivity.asp
 
I'm guessing "off" because that's the setting on my computer. I had heard
about this feature but didn't realize there was an Options setting governing
it, and the one time I (or probably my daughter) tried to open a file from a
floppy (and of course it ended up corrupted), I/we didn't see any evidence
of this behavior.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Mark Tangard said:
Bob,

Interesting. Is this turned on or off by default?

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Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
In Word 2002 and Word 2003 there is a feature that lets
you open a document from a diskette more safely because
that feature will copy the document to your hard drive
before it opens it and will only return it to the diskette
when you're saving the final result. That change is
in Tools=>Options=>Save
[x] Make local copy of files stored on network or removable drives"
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Your guess is correct - it's off by default. :-)

FWIW I've been testing this option and so far I haven't encountered
any problems. I've also tried ejecting a floppy before closing the
file, which I suspect is one of reasons behind the inability to reopen
the file, however I have yet to try using it on an important document.
<g>

Now I have used a USB drive on important files and have more trust in
it than floppies. However I still recommend closing the document
before removing the drive.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/


Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
I'm guessing "off" because that's the setting on my computer. I had heard
about this feature but didn't realize there was an Options setting governing
it, and the one time I (or probably my daughter) tried to open a file from a
floppy (and of course it ended up corrupted), I/we didn't see any evidence
of this behavior.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Mark Tangard said:
Bob,

Interesting. Is this turned on or off by default?

--
Mark Tangard, Microsoft Word MVP
Please reply only to the newsgroup, not by private email.
Note well: MVPs do not work for Microsoft.
"Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." --John Waters

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
In Word 2002 and Word 2003 there is a feature that lets
you open a document from a diskette more safely because
that feature will copy the document to your hard drive
before it opens it and will only return it to the diskette
when you're saving the final result. That change is
in Tools=>Options=>Save
[x] Make local copy of files stored on network or removable
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
drives"
Click to expand...
 
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