ID: Q139866
The information in this article applies to:
When you try to insert a CGM or CorelDraw picture, its name is not available in the List Files Of Type list. If you select a file from the list and click OK, Word displays the Convert File From list. The file type you are looking for is not on this list. If you select one of the types anyway, you get the following error message:
This file was not recognized by the specified graphics filter.
When you installed Word, you chose to perform a Typical, Custom, or Compact installation. If you chose Custom, you may have cleared the Converters And Filters option. Some graphics filters are not installed with a Typical or Compact installation.
Installed during Typical Setup NOT installed during Typical Setup
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TIF EPS
BMP Targa
WPG DXF
DrawPerfect Export CGM
PICT PCX
WMF DRW
JPG CorelDraw
HPGL
GIF
Kodak
To install the missing graphics filters, use the following steps:
1. Quit Word.
2. Click the Windows Start button, point to Settings, and click Control
Panel.
3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab.
5. In the list of installed software, select either Microsoft Word or
Microsoft Office.
6. Click Add/Remove.
7. In the Setup box, click Add/Remove.
8. If you are using Office Setup, follow these steps:
a. Select Converters, Filters, and Data Access, and click Change
Options.
b. Select Graphics Filters, and click Change Option.
c. Select the filters you want. If you want to install the CGM filter,
select Computer Graphics Metafile Import. Click OK.
d. Click OK again.
e. Click Continue.
f. When prompted by Setup, insert the appropriate disk or compact disc.
The new component is installed.
9. If you are using Word Setup, follow these steps:
a. Select Converters and Filters. Click Change Option.
b. Select Graphics Filters, and click Change Option.
c. Select those graphics filters you want to install.
d. Click OK.
e. Click OK again.
f. Click Continue.
g. When prompted by Setup, insert the appropriate disk or compact disc.
The new component is installed.
If you are running Word for Windows 95 on Windows NT, substitute the following steps for steps 1-5 above:
1. Quit Word
2. From Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.
3. Type a:\setup. Click OK. Insert Disk 1 of the Word Setup disks. Continue
with step 6 above.
For more information on exactly which components are installed during each type of Setup, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q116728
TITLE : Word for Windows 95: Files Installed During Setup
Keywords : kbsetup
Version : 7.0 7.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowtoLast Reviewed: February 6, 1998