WD97: Placeholder Replaces Image After Adding Hyperlink (157637)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

This article was previously published under Q157637

SYMPTOMS

If you copy and paste a graphic from one Web page to another, select the pasted image, and then insert a hyperlink, the image appears as a placeholder showing a circle, square, and triangle.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

Open the original Web page containing the image you want.
Right-click the image and click Save Picture As.
Choose a location and type a name for the image and Click Save.
Switch to the second document.
On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.
Select the image you saved in step 3 and click Insert.
Select the image and click Hyperlink on the Insert menu.
In the Link to File or URL box, type the URL and click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem is corrected in Microsoft Word 2000 for Windows.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	11/14/2000
Keywords:	kbbug KB157637