My boss has a MAC and I have a PC. When he inserts graphics or pictures into a Document it says "QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. What do I need to do?
You need to have the free QuickTime Player for Windows (current version is 7.5) available for download from any number of web sites. Try Googling for it or go to the Apple web site. HTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 7/28/08 8:20 PM, in article 092A57AA-6E93-4B70-8436-F4D51C912F1F@microsoft.com, "Diane" wrote: > My boss has a MAC and I have a PC. When he inserts graphics or pictures into > a Document it says "QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are > needed to see this picture. What do I need to do?
Installing QuickTime Player for Windows 7.5 did not solve this problem for me... "CyberTaz" wrote: > You need to have the free QuickTime Player for Windows (current version is > 7.5) available for download from any number of web sites. Try Googling for > it or go to the Apple web site. > > HTH |:>) > Bob Jones > [MVP] Office:Mac > > > > On 7/28/08 8:20 PM, in article > 092A57AA-6E93-4B70-8436-F4D51C912F1F@microsoft.com, "Diane" > wrote: > > > My boss has a MAC and I have a PC. When he inserts graphics or pictures into > > a Document it says "QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are > > needed to see this picture. What do I need to do? > >
Hi J.B., Generally the message is intended for Word:mac users. It's often an incompatiblity that exists between certain mac graphic formats and Windows graphic formats and having Quick Time installed in Windows usually won't help. Try using a different graphic format, such as JPG to see if that helps. =========== <<"JB" wrote in message news:7DEABCAB-8652-4D7E-A671-A2525D2DEE0C@microsoft.com... Installing QuickTime Player for Windows 7.5 did not solve this problem for me... << -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
In addition to Bob B's reply you might subtly hint to your boss that he *not* drag 'n' drop or Paste images into his Mac docs... Nor should you do so on the Win side :-) That's probably how the problem starts in most cases. Have him use Insert> Picture> From File. If he does it that way it really shouldn't matter whether the image is a JPEG, PNG, GIF or TIFF although the TIFF format is extensible so it depends on how the file was generated, but "usually" not a problem. The BMP format (on either platform) & Mac PICT images should be avoided. In Mac Word any images already in docs can be re-inserted by; 1- Control/Right-Click the image, select Save as Picture 2- Name the file & choose an appropriate image file format 3- Save 4- Delete the image from the doc, then use the Insert method mentioned above to insert the image back in based on the new image file. HTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 7/28/08 8:20 PM, in article 092A57AA-6E93-4B70-8436-F4D51C912F1F@microsoft.com, "Diane" wrote: > My boss has a MAC and I have a PC. When he inserts graphics or pictures into > a Document it says "QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are > needed to see this picture. What do I need to do?
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:54:01 -0400, JB wrote: > Installing QuickTime Player for Windows 7.5 did not solve this problem for > me... But wasn't it the boss's Mac (it's not MAC) that had the problem? You said "when he inserts", right? So maybe he doesn't have QuickTime? Hard to believe, but anyway.
