Can't insert any picture in any Office 2007 app

Thanks but I'm still not following you. If I access my pictures through, stay
my pictures folder or any stand alone photo program (Adobe, Picture It, etc.)
Their viewable even printable from within respective programs. It's when I'm
using MS Office programs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook and attempt to
Insert a picture I get locked up and have to force an abort via ctrl, alt,
delete. to which comes a box of program not responding.

James in Walla Walla

"Beth Melton" wrote:

#3 pertains to the bottom of the dialog box and the "Files of Type" drop
down. Click the drop down and select "All Files'.

What I'm trying to ascertain is if the issue lies in viewing the My Pictures
folder using Thumbnails (which could be due to something like a corrupt
file) or if perhaps the issue lies in the Insert Picture dialog box. If it's
the latter then you'd need to make some changes in the Registry and I'd like
to be more certain before I make that suggestion. :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx


"James in Walla Walla" wrote
in message ...
1. 2. OK. #3 misunderstood? thanks for putting up with me.

James in Walla Walla

"Beth Melton" wrote:

Let's see if we can narrow this down a bit. Try the following:

- Use the Open dialog box and navigate to My Pictures
- Change the view to Thumbnails
- Change the Files of Type to All Files

Do you see the images in My Pictures or does Word lock up?

"James in Walla Walla"
wrote
in message ...
Issue still occuring when opening/operating in safe mode.

What I'm asking you to do is to see if you can access My Pictures and show
the Thumbnails (exactly the way you see the folder in any other program) in
the Open dialog box for Word or Excel. This is because the Office
applications use a different dialog box and I want to see if it is related
to the Insert Picture dialog box or the way the Office apps display the
folder contents.

So if you use the following steps does Word (or Excel) also hang:
- In Word (or Excel) display the Open dialog box
- At the bottom of the dialog box, change the "File of Type" to "All Files"
- Navigate to the My Pictures folder
- Change the view to Thumbnails (if necessary). Use the "Views" button on
the far right of the dialog box at the top below the Close (X) and Help (?)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx

"James in Walla Walla" wrote
in message ...
Thanks but I'm still not following you. If I access my pictures through,
stay
my pictures folder or any stand alone photo program (Adobe, Picture It,
etc.)
Their viewable even printable from within respective programs. It's when
I'm
using MS Office programs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook and attempt
to
Insert a picture I get locked up and have to force an abort via ctrl, alt,
delete. to which comes a box of program not responding.

James in Walla Walla

"Beth Melton" wrote:

#3 pertains to the bottom of the dialog box and the "Files of Type" drop
down. Click the drop down and select "All Files'.

What I'm trying to ascertain is if the issue lies in viewing the My
Pictures
folder using Thumbnails (which could be due to something like a corrupt
file) or if perhaps the issue lies in the Insert Picture dialog box. If
it's
the latter then you'd need to make some changes in the Registry and I'd
like
to be more certain before I make that suggestion. :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx


"James in Walla Walla"
wrote
in message ...
1. 2. OK. #3 misunderstood? thanks for putting up with me.

James in Walla Walla

"Beth Melton" wrote:

Let's see if we can narrow this down a bit. Try the following:

- Use the Open dialog box and navigate to My Pictures
- Change the view to Thumbnails
- Change the Files of Type to All Files

Do you see the images in My Pictures or does Word lock up?

"James in Walla Walla"
wrote
in message ...
Issue still occuring when opening/operating in safe mode.

I am also having this problem, but if I go to the open dialog box, copy and
paste into document, it works. It will not work, and will crash if I try to
use the INSERT PICTURE-FROM FILE tabs
Please advise,
Thanks!
Steve

"Beth Melton" wrote:

What I'm asking you to do is to see if you can access My Pictures and show
the Thumbnails (exactly the way you see the folder in any other program) in
the Open dialog box for Word or Excel. This is because the Office
applications use a different dialog box and I want to see if it is related
to the Insert Picture dialog box or the way the Office apps display the
folder contents.

So if you use the following steps does Word (or Excel) also hang:
- In Word (or Excel) display the Open dialog box
- At the bottom of the dialog box, change the "File of Type" to "All Files"
- Navigate to the My Pictures folder
- Change the view to Thumbnails (if necessary). Use the "Views" button on
the far right of the dialog box at the top below the Close (X) and Help (?)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx

"James in Walla Walla" wrote
in message ...
Thanks but I'm still not following you. If I access my pictures through,
stay
my pictures folder or any stand alone photo program (Adobe, Picture It,
etc.)
Their viewable even printable from within respective programs. It's when
I'm
using MS Office programs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook and attempt
to
Insert a picture I get locked up and have to force an abort via ctrl, alt,
delete. to which comes a box of program not responding.

James in Walla Walla

"Beth Melton" wrote:

#3 pertains to the bottom of the dialog box and the "Files of Type" drop
down. Click the drop down and select "All Files'.

What I'm trying to ascertain is if the issue lies in viewing the My
Pictures
folder using Thumbnails (which could be due to something like a corrupt
file) or if perhaps the issue lies in the Insert Picture dialog box. If
it's
the latter then you'd need to make some changes in the Registry and I'd
like
to be more certain before I make that suggestion. :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx


"James in Walla Walla"
wrote
in message ...
1. 2. OK. #3 misunderstood? thanks for putting up with me.

James in Walla Walla

"Beth Melton" wrote:

Let's see if we can narrow this down a bit. Try the following:

- Use the Open dialog box and navigate to My Pictures
- Change the view to Thumbnails
- Change the Files of Type to All Files

Do you see the images in My Pictures or does Word lock up?

"James in Walla Walla"
wrote
in message ...
Issue still occuring when opening/operating in safe mode.

I'm having the same problem in Word 2000 on XP, possible following a Windows Update??

I click InsertPictureFrom file, and up comes the Look in dialog box which hangs if I click on anything at all. I cannot select a file, or navigate to any folders, nothing responds.

I have repaired, updated, uninstalled and reinstalled, all to no avail. This has stopped my work in its tracks and I have had to install UpenOffice until I can sort this problem out.

I do hope someone can help!

Lin