Clip Art Doesn't Show   

I'm using Word 2007. When I insert clip art, all I get is the very bottom of 
the picture and no matter what I do to the box, I can't get the inserted 
clip art to show up. What's happening ?

date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:52:52 -0700   author:   Jan Groshan

Re: Clip Art Doesn't Show   

It sounds like two things are happening:

1. Wrapping is set to In line with text, and

2. Paragraph spacing is set to Exactly #, where # is less than the amount 
needed to display the clipart.

You should be able to fix the immediate issue by right-clicking the 
paragraph marker where the picture resides, choosing Paragraph, and setting 
Line Spacing to Single. (There are a variety of ways to fix this... this is 
just one of them.)

If this is happening all the time in all documents, a longer term fix would 
be to change the default formatting for paragraph spacing (Exactly is not 
the built-in default, and is a setting that can create a number of 
problems -- it sometimes results from pasting text from other sources, such 
as web pages, where Exactly spacing is used with wild abandon by web 
designers). So, if this is happening all the time, the quick & easy solution 
is to delete Normal.dotm and let Word create a new one.

Another solution would be to change the default method for inserting 
pictures to something other than In line with text (which is done in Word 
Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. If your default paragraph 
spacing is set to Exactly, however, you will invariably end up with related 
problems in the future, not ncessarily related to graphics (i.e., clipped 
text).


-- 
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Jan Groshan"  wrote in message 
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> I'm using Word 2007. When I insert clip art, all I get is the very bottom 
> of the picture and no matter what I do to the box, I can't get the 
> inserted clip art to show up. What's happening ?
>

date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:01:37 -0400   author:   Herb Tyson [MVP]

Re: Clip Art Doesn't Show   

The paragraph spacing appears to have been the problem. THANK YOU !



"Herb Tyson [MVP]"  wrote in message 
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> It sounds like two things are happening:
>
> 1. Wrapping is set to In line with text, and
>
> 2. Paragraph spacing is set to Exactly #, where # is less than the amount 
> needed to display the clipart.
>
> You should be able to fix the immediate issue by right-clicking the 
> paragraph marker where the picture resides, choosing Paragraph, and 
> setting Line Spacing to Single. (There are a variety of ways to fix 
> this... this is just one of them.)
>
> If this is happening all the time in all documents, a longer term fix 
> would be to change the default formatting for paragraph spacing (Exactly 
> is not the built-in default, and is a setting that can create a number of 
> problems -- it sometimes results from pasting text from other sources, 
> such as web pages, where Exactly spacing is used with wild abandon by web 
> designers). So, if this is happening all the time, the quick & easy 
> solution is to delete Normal.dotm and let Word create a new one.
>
> Another solution would be to change the default method for inserting 
> pictures to something other than In line with text (which is done in Word 
> Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. If your default 
> paragraph spacing is set to Exactly, however, you will invariably end up 
> with related problems in the future, not ncessarily related to graphics 
> (i.e., clipped text).
>
>
> -- 
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>
>
> "Jan Groshan"  wrote in message 
> news:aGF5k.10056$mh5.33@nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> I'm using Word 2007. When I insert clip art, all I get is the very bottom 
>> of the picture and no matter what I do to the box, I can't get the 
>> inserted clip art to show up. What's happening ?
>>
>

date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:01:38 -0700   author:   Jan Groshan

Re: Clip Art Doesn't Show   

Glad to be of service.

Cheers,

-- 
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Jan Groshan"  wrote in message 
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> The paragraph spacing appears to have been the problem. THANK YOU !
>
>
>
> "Herb Tyson [MVP]"  wrote in message 
> news:u4CYQpH0IHA.3884@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> It sounds like two things are happening:
>>
>> 1. Wrapping is set to In line with text, and
>>
>> 2. Paragraph spacing is set to Exactly #, where # is less than the amount 
>> needed to display the clipart.
>>
>> You should be able to fix the immediate issue by right-clicking the 
>> paragraph marker where the picture resides, choosing Paragraph, and 
>> setting Line Spacing to Single. (There are a variety of ways to fix 
>> this... this is just one of them.)
>>
>> If this is happening all the time in all documents, a longer term fix 
>> would be to change the default formatting for paragraph spacing (Exactly 
>> is not the built-in default, and is a setting that can create a number of 
>> problems -- it sometimes results from pasting text from other sources, 
>> such as web pages, where Exactly spacing is used with wild abandon by web 
>> designers). So, if this is happening all the time, the quick & easy 
>> solution is to delete Normal.dotm and let Word create a new one.
>>
>> Another solution would be to change the default method for inserting 
>> pictures to something other than In line with text (which is done in Word 
>> Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. If your default 
>> paragraph spacing is set to Exactly, however, you will invariably end up 
>> with related problems in the future, not ncessarily related to graphics 
>> (i.e., clipped text).
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>
>>
>> "Jan Groshan"  wrote in message 
>> news:aGF5k.10056$mh5.33@nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>> I'm using Word 2007. When I insert clip art, all I get is the very 
>>> bottom of the picture and no matter what I do to the box, I can't get 
>>> the inserted clip art to show up. What's happening ?
>>>
>>
>
>

date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:28:32 -0400   author:   Herb Tyson [MVP]