Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 21, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Have you ever tried to place clip art into your document from the Clip Art Gallery, only to have it not be visible? If you have this problem, try this solution:
Figure 1. The View tab of the Options dialog box.
Now you should be able to place your clip art, as desired. These settings are normally cleared and selected (respectively) by default, but another user might have changed them on your system. Also, Word can change these settings automatically if it detects that screen redrawing is slow because of hardware considerations or because of the number of graphics in the document.
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2017-02-13 11:12:27
Kristen
You can also click on the Edit toolbar, then on "Paste Special". Make sure "picture" is highlighted and not "HTML format".
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