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Q157612: WD97: No Warning When You Edit EPS Image (Image Converted)

Article: Q157612
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbualink97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you double-click an EPS picture in a Word document, you do not get a
warning message indicating the picture contains embedded PostScript information.
If you convert the picture to a Drawing Object, you lose the PostScript
information in the file and the picture will not print to a PostScript printer.

This problem occurs when you attempt to edit an EPS image stored in a document
converted from Word 6.x or 7.x. This problem does not occur when you insert the
image into a Word 97 document and then attempt to edit the image.


CAUSE
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The Word 97 EPS graphics filter is not analyzing the embedded image to determine
whether it contains embedded PostScript information.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, insert or reinsert the PostScript image in the
document after you convert it to Word 97.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.


This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97

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Keywords          : kbualink97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97

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