SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to edit an object created in Microsoft Draw,
the following error message appears:
The server application, source file, or item cannot be found.
Make sure the application is properly installed, and that it has not been
deleted, moved, or renamed.
WORKAROUND
If you are a registered Microsoft Office user, you can download and install Microsoft
Draw 98. Microsoft Draw 98 makes the OfficeArt drawing tools available in
any OLE-compliant program. You can obtain Microsoft Draw 98 from the
following Web site:
After you install Microsoft Draw 98, you can double-click the MSDraw object
and edit it as a Microsoft Draw 98 drawing.
If you are unable to download Microsoft Draw 98, use any of the following
methods to work around this problem.
Method 1: Convert the Object to Word Picture
Convert the object to a Word picture. To do this, follow these steps:
- Select the object.
- On the Edit menu, click Microsoft Drawing Object, and then click
Convert.
- Select Convert To and select Microsoft Word Picture in the Object Type
list.
- Click OK.
NOTE: When you turn on field codes (ALT+F9), the object will be replaced
by an {EMBED Word.Document.8} field.
Method 2: Unlink the Embed Field, and Edit Using the Picture Editor in Word
The Microsoft Draw object is an embed field. Unlink the field, and then
edit the object using the Picture Editor. To do this, follow these steps:
- Select the object.
- Press CTRL+SHIFT+F9 to unlink the field.
- Double-click the object.
The object will open in Picture Editor in Word.
Method 3: Install Microsoft Draw from the Word 2.x Disks
If you have the Microsoft Word version 2.
x disks, you can choose to
install only Microsoft Draw. To install Microsoft Draw, follow these steps:
- Insert Disk 1 of the Word 2.x disks, and run Setup.
- In the Welcome to Microsoft Word for Windows Setup dialog box, enter
the installation directory.
- Click Continue.
- In the Choose the type of installation dialog box, click Custom
Installation.
- In the Word Setup Options dialog box, clear all the check boxes except
the Draw, Graph, Equation Editor, WordArt check box.
- Click Tools.
- In the Options dialog box, clear all the check boxes except the Draw
check box.
- Click OK.
- Click Setup.