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Subject:Re: Red X-marks in Word From:"Brian, Flaherty" <bflaher -at- INDCON -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:43:02 -0400
> The red X-marks usually occur when you cut-and-paste your diagrams
> into
> the document instead of using Word's Insert|Picture command.
>
>
I've used the Insert | Picture command, but still got the red X-marks.
I am of the opinion that this is a bug. But this only happened to me
once, and has not happened since (happened to me in May). I always use
the Insert | Picture/Object method when inserting graphics into a Word
document.