Graphic shows placeholder only

**NMullis** · 10-13-2008, 10:57 AM

Good morning,
I have an issue with a graphic inserted on a spreadsheet "disappearing" and leaving only the placeholder behind. I need to be able to view the graphic while I am working in the spreadsheet. Is there a way to stop this from happening or force the screen to refresh and show the graphic?

Thank you in advance,
N

**Andy Pope** · 10-13-2008, 11:13 AM

xl2003
Tools > Options > View > Objects > Show all

**NMullis** · 10-13-2008, 11:19 AM

Thanks Andy. I do have the Show All setting checked and it still will sometimes blank out my graphic. This happens most often after I scroll past it or open a dialog box. I am wondering if it has to do with the file size of my graphic?

**Andy Pope** · 10-13-2008, 11:34 AM

Not heard of graphic size causing holder only to be displayed.

How large are the objects?
Do you still get the problem if you use small graphics?

**NMullis** · 10-13-2008, 05:05 PM

The graphic in the current spreadsheet is 1MB and the entire file is 5MB. I tried using the compress command, but that didn't work. It doesn't happen all of the time, so that is why I think it is related to file size.