ID: Q173399
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In Microsoft Word, an image may not be correctly displayed in a table in an HTML document if any of the following conditions is true.
The HTML code to insert the image into the table does not specify its size.
The HTML code specifies the column size of the table, and you insert an image that is wider than the preset column size.
In online layout view, Word may display extra space to the right of the image or truncate the image near the right column boundary of the table.
This problem only occurs when you insert images into a cell of a table.
When you do not specify the size of the image, Word does not know what size to make it; therefore, Word only shows a very small portion of the graphic.
When you specify the width of a column and then insert a picture that is wider than the preset size, the picture does not fit and is not displayed properly.
The default view for HTML documents in Word 97 is online layout view. Online layout view automatically sizes the column widths of tables to fill the screen horizontally. However, online layout view does not resize images. This behavior is by design, in order to prevent images from appearing distorted.
To have the graphic displayed correctly, use the appropriate method for
your situation.
Save your HTML document, close it, and then reopen the document. When you reopen the document, Word automatically resizes the table cells based on their content.
NOTE: This method only works if the cell that contains the image has not been previously defined with a preset size.
If you know the width of the image, follow these steps:
1. Click in the table cell containing the image.
2. On the Table menu, click Cell Properties.
3. Change the Width to a size greater than or equal to the image width, and
then click OK.
To display the table with the defined column widths, change to page layout view. To do this, click Page Layout view on the View menu.
MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information about the HTML converter, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q157086
TITLE : WD97: Limitations of Converting from Word Format to HTML
Additional query words: 8.0 8.00
Keywords : winword word97 kbwdinternet kbfaq
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
Last Reviewed: February 14, 1999