Re: Question on illustrations created in Word

["Ivie, Guy" <GuyI -at- CORPMAIL -dot- FOLLETT -dot- COM>]

I've run into this problem before, too, but it was because the graphic
was created in Illustrator, FreeHand or MacDraw. When I tried to open the
graphic in Word, I usually got a warning that there were things done in
the original that Word could not handle and any "special" formatting
would be lost if I continued.

You might want to check with the original author (if possible) to find
out what application those graphics were really drawn with. If that isn't
possible, or you don't have a compatible graphics application, you could
try taking a screen-snap of the graphic and then making changes/additions
on that with Word's drawing tools. That isn't a hi-rez solution, but if
it's all you have...

Guy Ivie
GuyI -at- corpmail -dot- follett -dot- com

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Subject:  Question on illustrations created in Word

I have a question on illustrations that I'm pretty sure were created in
Word, with Word's built-in picture application.

The illustration I'm concerned with came in a text file supplied by a
client. When I double-click on the figure, it "opens" and a drawing
toolbar appears. I can make changes all right, but the problem is that
all the formatting done by the author falls apart: text that was rotated
90 degrees is now horizontal; lines that were previously hidden are now
visible, etc. I've tried to click on individual items and "send to back"
(and "send to front" or whatever) etc. and nothing seems to work. (I
know how to create figures in this application and how to group and
ungroup; the author's stuff wasn't grouped, FWIW.)

I wasted an hour on the phone with Microsoft -- the tech support person
claims he, and his cohorts and their database, has never seen this
problem before.

This is _not_ the first time I've run into this problem, although
admittedly I don't work too much with illustrations. But it's the first
time I've called Microsoft on it, and it's the first time I'm darned if
the solution is for me to redo everything, which is what I've done in
the past as a workaround.

My feeling is that perhaps the figure was created on a Mac while I'm on
a PC. Or, possibly the author didn't create everything "correctly" and
maybe that's what's causing the formatting to fall apart.

Any suggestions, or explanations?

Oh so many TIA.

Louise O'Donald
lodonald -at- primenet -dot- com

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