QuickTime and a TIFF (LZW) decompressor message in Word 2003

[Manik]

I want to open a word file from MAC in Word 2003 and am getting a message that says "QuickTime and a TIFF (LZW) decompressor are needed to see this picture's message". The text seems to appear fine so it seems like the issue is with the images only. Can anyone tell me what is this? I have tried to search for a solutin on this but it seems that everything is pointing back to MAC. I want to export the images in an uncompressed format in MAC and then it can be re-inserted in order to view them on MS Word 2003. So, is there any fix which can be done on Windows so that I wouldnt need to go back to the MAC. Thanks.

[jesse]

I cannot tell any way around avoiding the MAC for a Word document with this problem. There was a solution if it was a Powerpoint file but since its not, then its not going to help at all. If its a matter of not being able to go back to the original author, well, maybe you can take the file to kinko's, they usually have a MAC available.

[Manik]

Thanks for the reply, I found out that some Powerpoint files with the same issue as they came from a MAC. So, can you try to give me a solution for this same thing.

[jigu902003]

The problem for this issue, in a nutshell, is that PowerPoint/Windows doesn't support QuickTime compression; installing QuickTime on the PC won't help. For more information, visit this website - http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00534_Quick...is_picture.htm