Hi,

I am new here and registered since I started having a very annoying problem as of yesterday.

I am a freelance translator, and since 1999 I have invoiced my customers using a MS Word document I created with an Excel spreadsheet inserted. I double-click the Excel object to open it and then fill in whatever information needs to go into the invoice.

Anyway, since yesterday all of my invoices no longer show the Excel spreadsheet. The only thing visible is the text in Word. The actual Excel sheet is only visible in Full Screen Reading view, and Print Preview. In Print Layout view (and all other views), nothing is visible of the Excel spreadsheet.

Before yesterday, these two views were identical. From now, I cannot see the Excel contents in these documents, which is driving me crazy. Any help would be massively appreciated.

I attach two screen shots so you can see what I mean.

Print Layout view


And Full Screen Reading view

Do you see anything at all in place of the spreadsheet, such as { LINK }? (Note that more commands follow "LINK.")

If that is what you see, you have Word set to display field codes instead of field results. Press Alt+F9 to fix it.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for replying. No, I don't see anything but what is in the two screen shots. I've tried finding a solution to this problem on the internet, but to no avail. I am aware of the field codes setting.

Any ideas of what might be the problem? I am completely at a loss, and I am usually able to solve my computer issues myself.

Best,

Magnus

Try the following: Click File | Options | Advanced. Under "Show document content," make sure that "Show picture placeholders" is cleared and that "Show drawings and text boxes on screen" is selected.

At File | Options | Display, make sure that "Print drawings created in Word" is selected.

It isn't obvious that the options are relevant for embedded/linked objects, but these objects are basically treated as images or drawings as far as the display options are concerned.

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Stefan

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Hej Stefan!

That was genius! Picture Placeholders was already cleared, but selecting the other two options made the trick.

Tusen tusen tusen tack!

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Magnus

I'm glad I could help.

Tack för din återkoppling!

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Stefan

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional