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Q131649: Using Help Causes Text or Image to Disappear in Paint

Article: Q131649
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are working with an image in Windows 95 Paint, the following problems
may occur when you invoke Help:

- When you are editing text with the Text tool, the text disappears when you
  start Help and does not reappear when you close Help.

- If part of the image is selected with the Select or Free Form Select tool, it
  is no longer selected after you start Help.

- If you are editing an image with the Curve or Polygon tool, it disappears
  after you start Help.

RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:

- Save the file before you start Help so that you can reopen the intact file
  after you close Help.

- Click elsewhere in the Paint workspace to set the image, or click another
  control on the toolbar, before you start Help.

Note that these workarounds work for disappearing text or images. There is no
workaround to keep part of the image selected with the Select or Free Form
Select tool when you start Help. You must select the area again after you close
Help.

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

Additional query words:

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Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3

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