WD97: Clipart Loses Objects in Word Picture Editor

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

A clip art picture may lose all or part of an object when you edit it in the Word Picture Editor.

CAUSE

Some text boxes in the Windows Metafile (WMF) graphic file are computed by the picture editor to be too narrow resulting in text wrapping incorrectly in the text box.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, edit and ungroup the picture. Then select and resize the object that contains the missing components.

For more information about editing clip art, click the Office Assistant, type "How do I edit a picture?," click Search, and then click to view "Ungroup and modify clip art."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.