Can't edit pictures

[Gary Burton]

I am creating documents in Office XP from OmniPage Pro 12. After I recognize the page in OP, I can double-click on the graphics in the OP text editor and open Paint to edit the picture.

If, however, I export the page from OP to Word, the double-click on the same image no longer opens paint. Instead, it opens the "Format Picture" dialog. If I right-click on the image in Word, the "edit picture" selection is greyed out.

Can anyone tell me what is happening?

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Gary,

Probably, OmniPage is creating and exporting these graphics in a format that is
NOT WMFG. Word's picture editor is only for handling Word's native graphics file
format, *.wmf.

> I am creating documents in Office XP from OmniPage Pro 12. After I recognize
the page in OP, I can double-click on the graphics in the OP text editor and open
Paint to edit the picture.
>
> If, however, I export the page from OP to Word, the double-click on the
same image no longer opens paint. Instead, it opens the "Format Picture" dialog.
If I right-click on the image in Word, the "edit picture" selection is greyed
out.
>
> Can anyone tell me what is happening?
>

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Gary Burton]

If OmniPage is creating the image in something incompatible with
Windows, why can I open the graphics in OmniPage before I export it to Word?

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" > wrote in message
news:VA.0000977b.00559146@speedy...
> Hi Gary,
>
> Probably, OmniPage is creating and exporting these graphics in a format
that is
> NOT WMFG. Word's picture editor is only for handling Word's native
graphics file
> format, *.wmf.
>
> > I am creating documents in Office XP from OmniPage Pro 12. After I
recognize
> the page in OP, I can double-click on the graphics in the OP text editor
and open
> Paint to edit the picture.
> >
> > If, however, I export the page from OP to Word, the double-click on
the
> same image no longer opens paint. Instead, it opens the "Format Picture"
dialog.
> If I right-click on the image in Word, the "edit picture" selection is
greyed
> out.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what is happening?
> >
>
> Cindy Meister
> INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
> http://www.word.mvps.org
>
> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or
reply
> in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
>