Inserting Picture Clears Picture Placeholders Option

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

If you turn on the Picture Placeholders option and then insert a picture in your document, Word for Windows turns off the Picture Placeholders option and displays the picture. (To locate the Picture Placeholders option, choose Options from the Tools menu and select the View tab.)

This happens each time you insert a picture in your Word document.

STATUS

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

The following WordBasic macro can be used to workaround this problem.

Sub MAIN
 On Error Goto bye :
 Dim Optdlg As ToolsOptionsView
 GetCurValues Optdlg
 CurPictSetting = Optdlg.PicturePlaceHolders
 Dim dlg As InsertPicture
 GetCurValues dlg
 Dialog dlg
 InsertPicture dlg
 ToolsOptionsView  .PicturePlaceHolders = CurPictSetting
 bye:
End Sub

WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE CODE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this macro code "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

MORE INFORMATION

By contrast, if you insert an object while Picture Placeholders is turned on, Word does not turn off the option. However, if you insert a picture on the same line as the object, Word clears the Picture Placeholders option and displays both the object and picture.

If you insert an object while Picture Placeholders is turned on, then insert a picture on a different line in your document, Word displays the picture but not the object, and Word clears the Picture Placeholders option. If you then choose the Show/Hide button on the Standard toolbar to toggle the display of nonprinting characters, Word displays both the object and the picture (it doesn't matter if Show/Hide is turned on or off when you choose the button).