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From: Sharon Kay on 2 Jul 2008 20:55
Wow, that is what I needed. I want to link to pictures until I'm ready to
publish, and then change all the links to embedded. That will allow me to
break the master doc into sub documents & change a few pictures just before I
publish. I'd been looking all over for a way to do this. Thank you, Suzanne!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> Note that Ctrl+Shift+F9 unlinks the picture and embeds it in the document.
>
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> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
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> "Viktor Erdélyi" <ViktorErdlyi(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:64B3814B-40A1-46E3-BB57-F8EB2CCC22DB(a)microsoft.com...
> > Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Meanwhile, I found a semi-solution:
> > right-click, edit field, uncheck "doc doesn't contein data" or something
> > similar, OK, then Ctrl+Shift+F9. This way, it works. The strange thing is
> > that sometimes there are incorrect paths and despite that, the linked
> picture
> > displays correctly... some of the problems were cause by that, and the
> other
> > ones could be eliminated with the workaround above.
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > PS: I can't do anything with the video drivers, it's the most up-to-date
> > available (Catalyst 7.10) the only thing I could do is to abandon 3D
> > acceleration...
> >
> > "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> > > If you are working in Draft view, then switch to Print Layout view,
> > > because objects that are formatted as something other than "inline with
> > > text" are not visible in Draft view.
> > >
> > > If the previous suggestion doesn't help, then try reducing or turning
> > > off hardware acceleration in Start | Control Panel | Display | Settings
> > > | Advanced | Troubleshoot. If this fixes the problem, then you might
> > > want to check the website of the manufacturer of your video
> > > card/graphics adapter to see if there is an updated driver available.
> > >
> > > Viktor Erdélyi wrote:
> > >
> > > > Those options are already set the way you wrote, but I'm still
> experiencing
> > > > the problem with ca. one half of the pictures linked to the document
> :(
> > > >
> > > > "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Click on Office button | Word Options | Advanced, scroll down to the
> > > >>"Show document content" section, uncheck the "Show picture
> placeholders"
> > > >>box, check the "Show drawings and text boxes on screen" box, and click
> > > >>on OK.
> > > >>
> > > >>Viktor Erdélyi wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>Oh that's awesome, thanks. However, sometimes, when I press
> Ctrl+Shift+F9, it
> > > >>>displays a blank picture instead of the one needed. Other pictures
> are just
> > > >>>fine. What can I do about that?
> > > >>>By the way, are these 'tricks' documented somewhere? I mean a central
> place
> > > >>>where I can find stuff like this...
> > > >>>
> > > >>>(Word 2007, 97-2003 compatibility mode)
> > > >>>
> > > >>>"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>You should be able to see the path and filename of the source if you
> > > >>>>press Alt+F9 to toggle Field Code Display on. Embedded pictures
> will
> > > >>>>have a field code that looks something like { EMBED ObjectType }.
> > > >>>>Linked pictures will have a field code that looks something like {
> LINK
> > > >>>>ApplicationName "path\filename" }. You can quickly convert a linked
> > > >>>>object to an embedded object by selecting the link and pressing
> > > >>>>Ctrl+Shift+F9.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>Viktor Erdélyi wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>>I have a document full of pictures, some of which are linked to
> ..jpg files on
> > > >>>>>the filesystem. I'd like to convert these links to picture objects,
> so I'd
> > > >>>>>like to paste the images themselves, but I don't know where I can
> find the
> > > >>>>>specific pictures. I have them all in a separate folder, but there
> are too
> > > >>>>>much of them to find them manually. Is there any way to display the
> link path
> > > >>>>>of a specific picture?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>Thanks in advance.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
>
>
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