The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMSAfter you install Microsoft Office version 4.3c-CD, you may not be able to insert a picture into a document using one of the Microsoft Office applications. When you insert a picture using one of the Microsoft Office applications, the following problems occur. Microsoft WordYou receive the following error messagewhere the filename displayed in parentheses is the name of the graphics filter that is being used to read the picture file. Note that if the Preview Picture check box is selected in the Picture dialog box, you also receive this error message when you select the picture from the File Name list. Microsoft ExcelThe Convert File dialog box appears. You do not receive an error message, but the picture is not inserted onto your document.Note that if the Preview Picture check box is selected in the Picture dialog box, the Convert File dialog box also appears when you select a picture file from the File Name list. Microsoft PowerPointYou receive the following error messagewhere C:\WINDOWS\MSAPPS\GRPHFLT\EPSIMP.FLT is the name and location of the graphics filter being used to read the picture file. CAUSE
This behavior occurs because some of the graphic filters that are
installed when you run the Microsoft Office Setup program are still
compressed when they are copied to your computer.
where c:\WINDOWS is the directory that contains Microsoft Windows. WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.
To extract the files using this method, use the following steps:
extract /y d:\<directory> /Lwhere d: is the drive that contains the Microsoft Office Disk 1 CD, <directory> is the directory and .CAB file that contains the graphic filter that you want to extract, c:\windows is your Microsoft Windows directory and <filename> is the name of the graphic filter that you want to extract. For example, to extract CGMIMP.FLT, type the following on one line: extract /y d:\setup.adm\disk27\msoff27.cab /lNote that you can use the /y switch to overwrite the existing compressed file without prompting. The space before the filename is required for the file to be properly extracted and overwrite the existing file. NOTE 1: WPGIMP.FLT filter begins in MSOFF28.CAB (DISK28) and ends in MSOFF29.CAB (DISK29). To access this filter, at the MS-DOS prompt, type on one line: extract /y d:\setup.adm\disk28\msoff28.cab /LThe extract begins and the following prompt appears:
Type the following and the file will be extracted: d:\setup.adm\disk29 To copy each filter, type the folloing at a DOS prompt: copy d:\SHARED\<filename> c:\windows\msapps\grphfltWhere d:\ is the drive that contains the Microsoft Office Disk 1 CD, <filename> is the name of the filter in question, and c:\windows is your Microsoft Windows directory. 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.
Gateway BBS: 1-605-232-2109 Additional query words: 4.30c-CD Computer Graphics DrawPerfect Import Encapsulated PostScript EPS HP Graphic Language HPGL Lotus 1-2-3 PICT Micrografx Designer/Draw Filter PC Paintbrush Tagged Image Format TIFF DIB Metafile word6 converter
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