Red X in a Word X document

Hi Brad,

There doesn't seem to be an easy fix for this problem. John McGhie had this
to say about it in a reply to a previous post:

>> But the short answer is no: the red X problem is a bug introduced in Word X
>> by an attempt to handle the different way OS X goes about layering widows,
>> and so far, there is no reliable fix for it.

Another newsgroup poster contributed this:

>> In a previous thread, a bunch of people were discussing the fact that they
>> often had red X's instead of placed graphics in MS Word files brought over
>> from the PC and opened in Word X. One astute list reader determined that
>> removing EndNote's "Cite While You Write" add-ins from the Word X startup
>> folder cleared up the problem for him (and for me, too).

Getting rid of the CWYW add-in seems to work for many, thought not all, with
this problem.

Hope this helps.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
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On 11/14/03 11:49 AM, in article 440401c3aae8$5bb66300$a601280a@phx.gbl,
"brad" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I'm running Word X on a Powerbook G4 (after updating to
> Office X 10.1.5). I opened a 220 kb file created in some
> version of Word for the PC and some of the graphics have
> the big 'Red X' instead of the correct graphic. When I
> take this same file and open it on an older computer
> running OS 9.2 and Word 98 the graphics are fine. This
> happens frequently. Does anybody know how to get Word X
> running under OS X (10.2.8) to display and print these
> graphics?
> Thanks!