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Port Power - 18 Feb 2004 12:16 GMT

On our old computer, using Publisher 97 in Windows 98, we put together a web site, hit the preview web sit button which worked fine

We have since upgraded our computer & the tech had to reload all our programs & backed up documents

Now when we preview the web site in Publisher, the pictures & graphics show a red X, text is ok. We also tried it with a new web page created with the wizard which didn't work either

I don't know if the problem is in Publisher or IE6 or something else for that matter

Any help much appreciated

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David Bartosik - MS MVP - 18 Feb 2004 14:36 GMT

The red X is simply a placeholder for images. If you are seeing it in place
of images than the images are not being loaded. This may be a number of
things - because you don't have the image files, you don't have them in the
correct location, you have the browser set to not display images, you have
image display off in Publisher.
Check all these factors and review my FAQ page
http://www.davidbartosik.com/faq.htm

If you can't figure it out post back with the version in use now and details
about the files.

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> On our old computer, using Publisher 97 in Windows 98, we put together a web site, hit the preview web sit button which worked fine.
>
> We have since upgraded our computer & the tech had to reload all our programs & backed up documents.
>
> Now when we preview the web site in Publisher, the pictures & graphics show a red X, text is ok. We also tried it with a new web page created with

the wizard which didn't work either.

> I don't know if the problem is in Publisher or IE6 or something else for that matter!
>
> Any help much appreciated.

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Port Power - 19 Feb 2004 13:51 GMT

David

I am not sure what info you may find helpful, but here goes

Windows 98 with all current update
Office 97 & Publisher 97 with the available update
IE6 with the current update

I spent some time at your web site - it's good, but I could not find anything that would help

As far as the image files & their location is concerned, Publisher put them where it wanted to - i did not select another location

Publisher picture display is set to "detailed display" IE6 Advanced options is set to display pictures

As a test in Publisher, I created a web page using the wizard and used the pictures, graphics & text provided by the wizard - didn't add my own stuff. When I hit the "preview web site" button, even it's own pictures & graphics don't show In IE6. Text shows ok. Publisher created a folder named pub in the C:\windows\temp folder and put the files in there

Checking the files in Windows Explorer, there is a HTML document - index.html and several Microsoft Pictureit! picture files in the format img9.gif and back.gif. Double klicking on the the image files opens them ok in Pictureit

In the preview web page, right klicking on the red X & selecting "show picture" has no effect

Hope this helps - thank

----- David Bartosik - MS MVP wrote: ----

The red X is simply a placeholder for images. If you are seeing it in plac
of images than the images are not being loaded. This may be a number o
things - because you don't have the image files, you don't have them in th
correct location, you have the browser set to not display images, you hav
image display off in Publisher
Check all these factors and review my FAQ pag
http://www.davidbartosik.com/faq.ht

If you can't figure it out post back with the version in use now and detail
about the files

--
David Bartosik - MS MV
for Publisher help
www.davidbartosik.co
enter to win Pub 2003
www.davidbartosik.com/giveaway.asp

"Port Power" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in messag
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> On our old computer, using Publisher 97 in Windows 98, we put together
web site, hit the preview web sit button which worked fine
>> We have since upgraded our computer & the tech had to reload all ou
programs & backed up documents
>> Now when we preview the web site in Publisher, the pictures & graphic
show a red X, text is ok. We also tried it with a new web page created wit
the wizard which didn't work either
>> I don't know if the problem is in Publisher or IE6 or something else fo
that matter
>> Any help much appreciated

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David Bartosik - MS MVP - 19 Feb 2004 14:23 GMT

I don't know, I have no experience with 97. Doesn't look like you are doing
anything incorrectly from your explanation. But I'd say you want to find out
if you can actually run a web page properly. You should have a folder on
your PC (in My Documents) for saving the web site to. Do the save as web and
save the web site to your folder.
Then browse to that folder in Windows Explorer and double-click and
index.html file.
It should automatically launch in the browser. Then see if you display the
page properly and can navigate thru all the pages. This way you are testing
the real html files and not temp files.
If the page will open but not display images I'd suspect the issue lies in
the browser settings.
If the page opens in it's entirety than I don't know. Other than don't use
preview.

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> David,
>
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> As a test in Publisher, I created a web page using the wizard and used the pictures, graphics & text provided by the wizard - didn't add my own stuff.

When I hit the "preview web site" button, even it's own pictures & graphics
don't show In IE6. Text shows ok. Publisher created a folder named pub in
the C:\windows\temp folder and put the files in there.

> Checking the files in Windows Explorer, there is a HTML document - index.html and several Microsoft Pictureit! picture files in the format

img9.gif and back.gif. Double klicking on the the image files opens them ok
in Pictureit!

> In the preview web page, right klicking on the red X & selecting "show picture" has no effect.
>
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> that matter!
> >> Any help much appreciated.

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