word 2000 HELP!

[dragonfly designs 56]

I am creating a word document that I am copying and pasting pics , sometimes when i go back to the file, there are only blank boxes where my pic used to be and the error message, there is not enough memory or disc space to display or print the picture. I keep loosing entire pages of my documents, please help....

[squid]

Have you tried rebooting?

[dragonfly designs 56]

yes, this has been happening to me for a week, making a catalog, just copying and pasting my pic, then when i go back to edit them, they are all blank boxes, you cant even imagine how many hours down the tube

[squid]

It doesn't sound like a software problem - sounds like a hardware (memory) problem. Have you tried using a different computer?

[dragonfly designs 56]

yeah, ran my memory diag tool on my pc, and said no memory problems. :i have microsoft support at work, i think ill give them a try tomorrow. not working on it anymore til i get the prob resolved, i have wasted so many hours it is not funny...

[laurel991]

I'm using Word 2003 now, but I used to have a lot of problems with this at work. How big is the file you've created? Are the images you are trying to insert large causing the document to bloat? (Word is good at this.)

One option might be to link the pics to the file instead of inserting them:

Insert > Picture from File > Link to File (from the Insert drop down box).

Once you link the pics, to always display, they need to stay in the same directory they were in when you originally linked them to the file.

Hope this helps.

Laurie

[ArtcoInc]

How big are the picture files? If the actual picture files are quite large, and you are resizing them in Word, Word may be actually trying to store the whole (large) picture, and displaying just the resized image. Maybe try resizing the pictures *before* you bring them into Word?

Just a thought.

Malcolm

[dragonfly designs 56]

thanks everyone!!!!! that is what i was doing, copying and pasting pics to the document, then just shaping them smaller, and the photos were way to big, even though they were smaller when i shaped them, technically they save the original file size....DUH.... i guess your right (bloating) now i file, save into windows photo gallery, do all my editing, resize under the paint option, then copy and paste to my paper. THANKS TO EVERYONE!~

[dragonfly designs 56]

well now that I know what the prob is, anyone have any ideas how i can restore what I lost? it doesnt really give me many options in word to resize or change the resolution.

[ArtcoInc]

As you've just learned, ALWAYS resize a *copy* of the original file. Once you shrink a file, you can't make it larger again without loosing detail.

(you still have copies of the original files, right? )

Malcolm