WD: Cannot Edit Graphic After Choosing Undo Picture

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

After you click Undo Picture (on the toolbar or on the Edit menu) you will be unable to select or edit a graphic.

CAUSE

The Undo Picture function does not work correctly with graphics entered with the Float Over Text option turned on.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Close and Reopen the Document

Save your document, close it, and reopen it.

Method 2: Clear the Float Over Text Check Box

To turn off the Float Over Text option when inserting a picture, follow these steps:

1. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.

2. Select a picture file and then click to clear (remove) the check mark from the Float Over Text check box.

3. Click Insert.

Method 3: Copy and Paste the Picture

1. Select the paragraph mark above the picture (if there is one), the picture, and the paragraph mark below the picture.

   NOTE: The picture will not appear to be selected.

2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

3. Position the insertion point at another place within the document and click Paste on the Edit menu.

4. Click once on the pasted picture to select it.

   You will now be able to click the original picture to select it and you will be able to open the Picture Editor by double-clicking it.

5. Delete the pasted copy of the graphic.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q161692
   TITLE     : WD97: Problems with Float Over Text Objects

   ARTICLE-ID: Q155802
   TITLE     : WD97: Word Doesn't Find "Float Over Text" Objects