Every time I open publisher and try to work on a project, the images keep showing up as an outline, and you can only see them if you click on them and move them around, as soon as you stop moving them the picture goes away and its an outline again with an X through it. This happens with both new and existing projects.

Got the answer finally from another site, so I'm posting it for others in the same situation...

The fix is simple. Go to the VIEW menu and select PICTURES... which will open up the PICTURE DISPLAY box. You will likely find that the HIDE PICTURES option is selected--explaining why your graphics don't show on the screen. Select one of the other 2 options; one shows full-detail graphics (potential slower refresh time, depending on number, size, and quality of graphics) and the other shows less detail (for relatively faster refresh times).