WD97: Insert WordArt/AutoShape Opens Blank Picture Object
ID: Q172818
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
SYMPTOMS
When you insert a WordArt or AutoShape object in an HTML document, a blank
Word picture object is opened.
NOTE: This problem occurs whether you use the Insert menu or the Drawing toolbar to insert the WordArt or AutoShape object.
CAUSE
This problem is a design limitation of the OLE implementation of inserting
a picture object in an HTML document.
This problem occurs after the Web Page Authoring Tools Update is installed.
The version of the Web Page Authoring Tools Update is 3.0.4405.0. To check
the version of the HTML Update in Word, follow these steps:
- In Word, open an HTML document.
- On the Help menu, click About Microsoft Word.
- Click System Info.
- Click Active Modules.
- Under Module Name, find HTML and note the version number.
If the version number is 3.0.4405.0, you have the Web Page Authoring
Tools Update installed.
NOTE: This behavior does not occur in Word 2000.
WORKAROUND
When you are in the blank picture object, use one of the following methods:
- To insert a WordArt object, click the Insert WordArt button again.
-or-
- To insert an AutoShape object, click the AutoShape button again, point
to the style of AutoShape, and then click the AutoShape you want. Draw
the AutoShape in the blank Word Picture object as you want.
NOTE: After inserting the WordArt or AutoShape object in the blank Word
Picture object, you must click the Reset Picture Boundary button on
the Edit Picture toolbar before you click Close Picture.
MORE INFORMATION
After you install the Web Page Authoring Tools Update, two new options will
be installed on the Insert menu when you point to Picture. Both WordArt and
AutoShape will be available to insert into an HTML document. These objects
cannot exist in an HTML document without being contained in a picture
object.
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q163299 WD97: Web Page Authoring Tools AutoUpdate
or additional information about the Web Page Authoring Tools Update, see
the "Web Documents Toolkit for Word" item on the Microsoft Office Update
Web site at the following URL:
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/updates/updword.htm
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbdta word97 kbwdinternet
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb