I hate word!! Why are pasted objects disappearing after saving?

I am sooo frustrated. Trying to paste an object into word 2011. It pastes in there just fine. It looks great when I save the file. Then I reopen the file and the object has vanished. Anyone know why this might happen and how to fix this?

Thanks so much!!

~ Sarah

What kind of object are you pasting? Is it a link or an actual object such as a jpeg or another file? I routinely paste objects into my Word documents for the work I do and have never had a problem with them disappearing.

Hmm... good question. I'm copying a shape that was created in Adobe Indesign and pasting it into word from there.

I'm wondering if you're actually pasting the shape as a link from Adobe InDesign rather than as a file? If that were the case, as soon as you closed Adobe InDesign after saving the Word file, the link would be broken and the pasted shape would disappear. I normally paste files such as jpeg, text, or even another clipped Word file, but have never pasted a shape so that would be a guess on my part.