"Cannot Find the Graphic" While Opening WordPerfect Document

Q108866

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you open into Word 6.0 a WordPerfect 5.x document that contains links to graphic files on disk in formats other than WPG (for example, PCX, EPS, or TIFF), you may receive the following error message even when the supporting graphic files are available in the expected directory location:

Cannot find the graphic file specified by the document. Please enter the full path to the desired file and click OK. Click Ignore to skip this graphic and continue converting the document. Click Cancel to cancel document conversion.
If you re-specify the path to the graphic file(s) and click OK, you may receive the error message again.


CAUSE

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with the WordPerfect 5.x converter supplied with Word 6.0 and 6.0a for Windows. This problem has been resolved in the WordPerfect 5.x converter supplied with Word 6.0c for Windows.


WORKAROUND

This problem has been corrected in the converter supplied with Word 6.0c for Windows. If the error message occurs with the converter supplied with Word 6.0c, simply move the graphic files into the same directory as the WordPerfect document.

If you are using Word 6.0a and you receive this message for a non-WPG graphic to which the WordPerfect document you are opening into Word contains a link, choose Ignore. If the graphic file is saved in a format supported by Word and the graphic file is in the same directory as the WordPerfect file, Word will actually still find and import the graphic(s) at the conclusion of the conversion process even though you've received an error and have chosen to ignore the image.


MORE INFORMATION

When creating a figure in WordPerfect, you have the option of linking to a "graphic on disk" when retrieving a graphic image. This option is the conceptual equivalent of linking to a graphic file but not saving the picture within a document when inserting a picture into Word 6.0.

The error message referenced above is designed to appear when a graphic to which a WordPerfect document contains a link actually doesn't exist in the directory location specified by the link.

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Last Reviewed: November 4, 2000
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