Powerpoint suddenly refuses to insert .JPG objects

[Thomas Lindberg]

The Subject line says it.
The object is inserted as a hyperlinked object to the .JPG file, a
double-click opens the picture.
A printout of the slide gives a white area with the file name in it, not
what I want.

I can insert other objects, e.g. .BMP, but not .JPG. I can insert .JPG as
picture.

It all started after a complete re-install of my office PC
(done by the IT guys). They found the work-around: insert as picture.

It works but I would like to know why a fresh install of Win XPP and
a fresh Office 2003 Pro package behaves like this.

In my previuos old faithful setup this and about 10 other new errors worked
OK.
Never let the IT guys do anything unsupervised!


Thomas

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Thomas,
Did the IT guys install the Service Packs for Office? If not, have them do
so. It may (or may not) solve this particular problem, but it is needed.

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
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if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The Subject line says it.
The object is inserted as a hyperlinked object to the .JPG file, a
double-click opens the picture.
A printout of the slide gives a white area with the file name in it, not
what I want.

I can insert other objects, e.g. .BMP, but not .JPG. I can insert .JPG as
picture.

It all started after a complete re-install of my office PC
(done by the IT guys). They found the work-around: insert as picture.

For the most part, that's not a workaround, it's the way you should be adding
pictures.

It works but I would like to know why a fresh install of Win XPP and
a fresh Office 2003 Pro package behaves like this.

Basically, it's like this: Inserting it as a hyperlinked object creates an OLE
object, not a picture in PPT. If the program that owns JPG on your system
happens to be an OLE server, it all works; if not, you get a generic "Package"
object with no preview image, and PPT has no idea what to do with it.

Never let the IT guys do anything unsupervised!

Has *my* vote.

 

[Thomas Lindberg]

For the most part, that's not a workaround, it's the way you should be
adding
pictures.



Basically, it's like this: Inserting it as a hyperlinked object creates
an OLE
object, not a picture in PPT. If the program that owns JPG on your system
happens to be an OLE server, it all works; if not, you get a generic
"Package"
object with no preview image, and PPT has no idea what to do with it.





Has *my* vote.

Just a minor clarification:
I did NOT insert the JPG as a hyperlinked object, I inserted it as a normal
object,
i wanted to have the picture visible and printable (JPG was on a server).

But I (believe) I see your point, the reult may depend on what program that
owns JPG.

Thanks

Thomas

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Just a minor clarification:
I did NOT insert the JPG as a hyperlinked object, I inserted it as a normal
object,
i wanted to have the picture visible and printable (JPG was on a server).

Thanks for the clarification; it'd work pretty much the same whether you
inserted the object or linked to it. Since it's an object, its behavior
depends on the app that owns it.