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kundrato
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Dec 16, 2019

MS Access - OLE objects are not displayed

Hi, we've been using MS Access for many years to insert some data into an Access' table using copy-paste as an OLE object. In the most cases, we've been inserting some text from Word containing a pic...
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kundrato
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Dec 30, 2019

Hi again,

 

 I've got an explonation of the questioned issue from Zbynek Hora working at abecedaPC.cz : this is happenning when the entries are done on PCs/laptops with Win 10 as OS but you are watching the results on PCs/laptops with Win 8.1.

 

 There are two suggested solutions: either to use PCs/laptops with Win 10 only for entering/editing the OLE objects or to "update" the "hidden" contents (i.e. the content that is not displayed) on PCs/laptops with Win 8.1 using the following procedure: right-click on the "hidden" content - Document Object - Convert, the check the box "Display as icon" and OK. Then repeat the procedure but uncheck the box this time. It works but it's tedious... 😞

 

 Beside using PCs/laptops with Win 10, the OLE objects are displayed correctly when they're entered on PCs/laptops with Win 8.1...

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