WD97: Web Page Wizard Creates Unnecessary Copies of Image Files

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you create and save a new document using the Web Page Wizard, Word copies the images it uses for bullets and horizontal lines to the directory containing your Web page. Word names these files Image1.gif, Image2.gif, and so on. This behavior is by design.

However, when you add a new bullet or horizontal line, Word creates another copy of the image file in the directory containing your Web page, even though the Image<x>.gif copy already exists.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the Web Page Wizard uses a converter to save the document as HTML. The HTML converter automatically saves each image in the document in graphics interchange format (GIF), thus creating the Image<x>.gif files.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The following example exhibits this behavior.

Using the Web Page Wizard, choose Simple Layout for the Type of Web Page and then chose Outdoors for the Visual Style. Word uses three images for this style: Pebble.gif for bullets, "Row of Pebbles.gif" for horizontal lines, and "Leaves on the Side.gif" for the background image.

When you save the Web page, Word creates an image file for each of these images. They are sequentially numbered, for example:

   image8.gif
   image9.gif
   image10.gif