WD97: Cannot Edit Graphic After Choosing Undo Picture

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

After you click Undo Picture (on the toolbar or on the Edit menu), you cannot select or edit a graphic.

CAUSE

The Undo Picture function does not work correctly with graphics that you entered with the Float Over Text option turned on.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.

Method 1: Close and Reopen the Document

Method 2: Clear the Float Over Text Check Box

1. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.



2. Select a picture file and then click to clear (remove the check mark from) the Float Over Text check box.



3. Click Insert.

Method 3: Copy and Paste the Picture

1. Select the paragraph mark above the picture (if there is one), the picture, and the paragraph mark below the picture.
   
   NOTE: The picture will not appear to be selected.



2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.



3. Position the insertion point at another place within the document, and click Paste on the Edit menu.



4. Click the pasted picture once to select it.
   
   You can now click the original picture to select it, and you can open the Picture Editor by double-clicking it.



5. Delete the pasted copy of the graphic.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem does not occur in Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161692 WD97: Problems with Float Over Text Objects

Q155802 WD97: Word Doesn't Find "Float Over Text" Objects

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug