From: brunt1 on
This was kind of helpful - tells us where the potential problem might be.

Do you have a solution on either how to allow Firewall access or to disable
Word attempting to access online.

Thanks in advance,
Elliot.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

> Hi J.P,
>
> For Office 2007 the clipart engine basically tries to access the online graphics collection and if it's not been given access
> through the firewall you can see this behavior (not just in the 2007 version) while the clipart manager app is trying to connect to
> where it thinks the pictures are :).
>
>
> If you let it sit for about 5-10 minutes does it 'let go'.
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> <<"JP" <JP(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AABBA9D5-32F2-4AAB-984E-DB10FE33937C(a)microsoft.com...
> Each time I try to use the clip art function in Word 2007, my screen freezes
> up. The only way to unlock this is to go to Task Manager and end task. <<
> --
>
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
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