WD2000: Programs Missing from Default Picture Editor

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

Some graphics programs may not appear in the Picture editor list; therefore, you cannot select them as the default program for editing imported graphics in Microsoft Word. (To display the Picture editor list, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the Edit tab.)

CAUSE

Word lists a graphics program in the Picture editor list only if the registration information has been written to the registry.

If a graphics program does not add both of the registration settings to the Reg.dat file, Word does not list the program in the Picture editor list. These settings tell Word that the graphics program can edit metafiles as OLE objects.

WORKAROUND

Microsoft does not recommend that you manually edit the Reg.dat file to add these missing registration settings. (If you add the settings, the program appears in the Picture editor list, but you may be unable to edit the drawing in the graphics program.) The graphics program must register this information when you install it.

If you want to select an unlisted graphics program as your default picture editor in Word, first reinstall the program. If this workaround is unsuccessful, contact the manufacturer of the graphics program for instructions on how to successfully install and register the program in Windows to work with Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

To change the default program for editing imported graphics, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Edit tab.



2. In the Picture editor list, click the program that you want to use to modify imported graphics, and then click OK.

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Keywords : kbgraphic kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb