Disappearing images

[Dave E]

I have pasted images into a Visio document and have managed to print the
document out complete with images. However, when I retrieve the document the
images have disappeared but strangely they appear in the thumbnail. How can
I cure this?

[Paul Herber]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:17:00 -0800, Dave E <Dave

Post by Dave E
I have pasted images into a Visio document and have managed to print the
document out complete with images. However, when I retrieve the document the
images have disappeared but strangely they appear in the thumbnail. How can
I cure this?

menu View -> Drawing Explorer Window
and select the appropriate page (Foreground pages)
are the images there?

if they are in the list but not visible on the page then select them
on the list and zoom in on them.

[Dave E]

Thanks Paul for the response. I can find the images as you described or by
moving the mouse to the appropriate part of the screen but all I get is a
placeholder. It's like there's a problem with the image properties but I
can't see what. This happens to me in Visio 2003 in work and 2007 at home.

Post by Paul Herber
On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:17:00 -0800, Dave E <Dave

Post by Dave E
I have pasted images into a Visio document and have managed to print the
document out complete with images. However, when I retrieve the document the
images have disappeared but strangely they appear in the thumbnail. How ca
I cure this?

menu View -> Drawing Explorer Window
and select the appropriate page (Foreground pages)
are the images there?
if they are in the list but not visible on the page then select them
on the list and zoom in on them.
--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/

[Paul Herber]

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 03:08:00 -0800, Dave E

Post by Dave E
Thanks Paul for the response. I can find the images as you described or by
moving the mouse to the appropriate part of the screen but all I get is a
placeholder. It's like there's a problem with the image properties but I
can't see what. This happens to me in Visio 2003 in work and 2007 at home.

First thing to look at is select an image
menu Format -> Picture
and check that the Brightness, Contrast and Transparency are set to a
reasonable value.

What type of images are these, GIF, JPG?
Are there any 3D or CAD images?

[Dave E]

Thanks again Paul. The first thing I noticed was that there was no option to
format the picture. I cut and pasted parts of png images that I had opened
in Paint and I'm suspecting that the cutting and pasting rather than
inserting from a file is the culprit. If so, then I can do the same again so
long as I remember to save the images in a file. I'm just at a bit of a loss
to explain why they appear for a while then disappear but show up in the
thumbnail! I normally use Visio as a CASE tool and this image business is
all new to me but I thought it might be useful to demonstrate .xml structures
to the uninitiated.

Post by Paul Herber
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 03:08:00 -0800, Dave E

Post by Dave E
Thanks Paul for the response. I can find the images as you described or by
moving the mouse to the appropriate part of the screen but all I get is a
placeholder. It's like there's a problem with the image properties but I
can't see what. This happens to me in Visio 2003 in work and 2007 at home.

First thing to look at is select an image
menu Format -> Picture
and check that the Brightness, Contrast and Transparency are set to a
reasonable value.
What type of images are these, GIF, JPG?
Are there any 3D or CAD images?
--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Visio Utilities http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/

[Paul Herber]

Hmmm, don't know, sorry. IU've played around with this for a while and
can't reproduce anything similar.


On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:20:02 -0800, Dave E

Post by Dave E
Thanks again Paul. The first thing I noticed was that there was no option to
format the picture. I cut and pasted parts of png images that I had opened
in Paint and I'm suspecting that the cutting and pasting rather than
inserting from a file is the culprit. If so, then I can do the same again so
long as I remember to save the images in a file. I'm just at a bit of a loss
to explain why they appear for a while then disappear but show up in the
thumbnail! I normally use Visio as a CASE tool and this image business is
all new to me but I thought it might be useful to demonstrate .xml structures
to the uninitiated.

Post by Paul Herber
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 03:08:00 -0800, Dave E

Post by Dave E
Thanks Paul for the response. I can find the images as you described or by
moving the mouse to the appropriate part of the screen but all I get is a
placeholder. It's like there's a problem with the image properties but I
can't see what. This happens to me in Visio 2003 in work and 2007 at home.

First thing to look at is select an image
menu Format -> Picture
and check that the Brightness, Contrast and Transparency are set to a
reasonable value.
What type of images are these, GIF, JPG?
Are there any 3D or CAD images?