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Hello,
    So far MS word worked fine. But now it is not showing up images. Also not even page numbers. Instead showing up {Page}. Please let me know why this happens? How to bring them out?System Configuration: Windows XP
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Eric Khosa · Accepted Answer

In Word 2007  : 

 File[Office Button] / Word Options / Advanced / Show Document content 
 uncheck "show field codes instead of their values"

Sharu · Answer

Go to Tools->Options ->View-> Show - Uncheck(clear) the field codes.

Ramesh · Answer

I used to see the same issue in my machine. And previously I used to select the {page} and right-click and then click on "Toggle filed codes".
Thanks a lot for the answer on how to fix this problem.
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pp · Answer

I too had the same problem. Tools>Options>view and unchecking field codes worked for me. Thanks a lot sharu.

Microsoft products keep misbehaving once in a while.

minidiscguru · Answer

I was vexed by this problem for about a week, then I searched online and came up with this forum.  For MS-Word 2003, I went to Tools, Options, View.  (1) If Field Codes Box is checked, you will see the the code (EMBED Word Picture.8), so un-check this  box.  (2) If Picture Placeholder Box is checked, you will see the an outline of the picture, but no picture, so un-check this  box.  I have no idea how these boxes got checked.  Perhaps I received some Word file that had these options and somehow during a Word recovery, the document template got updated to these settings.

Elizabeth · Answer

File[Office Button]=>Word Options=>Advanced=>Show Document content and uncheck "show field codes instead of their values"

Amod · Answer

None of the above suggestions worked for me until I tried this: (Word 2003)
1. Click the Tools->Options menu item.
2. Click the View tab.
3. Uncheck the Picture Placeholders checkbox.
4. Click OK.

Thanks

adri · Answer

Use the keystroke Alt+F9 to toggle field code display on/off...faster than going thru the menus.

Nathaniel Assis · Answer

i would also add that in some cases it will help to uncheck the "Show picture placeholders" in addition to "Show field codes instead of their values".

runred · Answer

Ok, so if anyone is experiencing the same issue as I did here is a half but working solution. I use WORD2007 and I wanted to add page numbers to my pages, but when I did so, nothing happened. I was thinking maybe I did something wrong, but as I fiddled with Table of Contents and Table of Images, both of them showed up the accurate page numbers, so I became suspicious. I think something is wrong with this new office, or the software distribution was faulty. Dunno, but I checked and unchecked in the Document field codes box, and nothing happened. So WORD2007 did not even put a field code in the area where I put the page numbers. To overcome this problem I opened a document which had page numbering, and I was curious of the page number code. It was { PAGE }, so I CTRL-C, CTRL-V-ed into my document, once again checked the (In Word 2007 
File[Office Button]=>Word Options=>Advanced=>Show Document content and uncheck "show field codes instead of their values") box and voila! I had my document with page numbers!

Rajeti · Answer

The below reference workout me.Thanks !!! for the reference

Go to Tools->Options ->View-> Show - Uncheck(clear) the field codes

Una · Answer

If you mean your pictures, diagrams, graphs and anything you might add into your document from another source:
Go into Word > Tools > Options > View > Then uncheck (clear) Picture Placeholders.
That will show everything in regular view, instead of just print review.

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