Numerous reasons why this very common problem happens to any application
using OfficeArt (eg Powerpoint, Word) happens. To quote from the KB article
on this subject:
"NOTE: It may not be possible to recover a picture after it becomes a red
X. If the techniques in this article do not recover the picture, you may
have to reimport the picture from its original source.
If you open a presentation that contains a red X instead of the original
graphic:
Close the file without saving it.
If you save the file, the red X will be permanently stored in the file.
Restart your computer.
Close all other programs to free up as much memory as possible.
Open the file again.
If this does not correct the problem, or if you encounter this problem
frequently, you may have a problem with your video driver and/or your
Windows display settings. You might want to try the following techniques
to reduce the frequency of this problem:
Use your current display driver, but lower the resolution and/or color
depth. If your driver is set for High Color or True Color, try changing
it to 256-color. Additionally, you may want to modify the hardware
acceleration setting:
On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click the System icon.
Click the Performance tab.
Under Advanced Settings, click Graphics.
Move the slider to the left to reduce the hardware acceleration.
When you are asked if you want to restart your computer, click Yes.
The hardware acceleration changes take effect when you restart your
computer.
If your video driver did not ship with Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft
Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows NT, you might want to check to see if
your video adapter emulates one of the drivers that does ship with
Windows 95/98 or Windows NT. Try running your computer using the
emulated video driver. If nothing else, most video drivers can use the
Windows 95/98-Windows NT VGA display driver.
If you cannot use one of the video drivers that ships with Windows 95 or
Windows NT, contact the manufacturer of your computer or video adapter
to see if there is an updated video driver available.
If you try to paste a picture into PowerPoint, and it appears as a red
X, follow these steps:
Delete the red X.
On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
Click the second choice in the As list. Click OK.
If a red X appears, repeat steps 1 through 3, but instead of selecting
the second choice in the As list, select the third choice, and then
click OK.
If neither of the previous options resolves the problem, try the
following:
Double-click the X. The toolbars and menus may change to those of
another program, and the X may be replaced with the actual picture.
Click outside the picture to restore the PowerPoint toolbars and menus.
If step 1 fails, select the X and then click Ungroup on the Draw menu.
Click Yes when you receive this message:
This is an imported object, not a group. If you convert it to a
Microsoft Office drawing, embedded data or linking information will be
lost. Do you want to convert the object?
MORE INFORMATION
This problem has occurred in the following scenarios. Note that other
reasons may exist for why OfficeArt cannot display the picture.
To display any type of graphic element, Windows uses a memory pool
called Graphics Device Interface (GDI) resources or GDI memory. This is
a fixed amount of memory; it is the same regardless of how much physical
(RAM) memory your computer has. If you have many open windows, many
programs running in the background, or many open files, you may be
running out of GDI resources. If there is not enough GDI memory
available to display all the pictures in your file, one or more of them
may not be displayed properly.
The Office 2000 programs can save files using one of two methods: Full
saves and Fast saves. To choose which type of save you want to use,
click Options on the Tools menu, click the Save tab, and then click to
select the appropriate option. If a full save fails because you do not
have enough disk space, and PowerPoint then attempts a Fast Save,
OfficeArt may lose track of where the picture data is stored in the
document."
Evi
Chuck said:
I am reposting this question...I didn't get any helpful replys.
I want to insert a .jpg picture in a WORD document. In the past I've
never had trouble by "insert- text box" and "insert- picture from file"
Now when I do this I get a red "X" in the upper left corner of the text
box. What am I doing differently now than before?
