Thank you Kara. I think I discovered the cause of the problem. I am
working on a second edition of a book I wrote a few years ago and because it
is a long manuscript, I am working on a copy of the original Word document
and making my corrections on that copy which I called "2nd edition ....."
instead of retyping everything.
Your comment about the toolbar gave me a clue. I know that toolbar appears
whenever i click on other images in the document, but on this troublesome
image it did not. Aha!
So I double clicked on the image and it opened up an ancient graphics
program called ABC SnapGraphics. I usualy create my images in a true graphic
program (PaintShop Pro) but for some weird reason I had done this one in
SnapGraphics, probably because it was a modification of an image I had used
in the past in my lectures. Any way I just made my changes in ABC
SnapGraphics (which fortunately was still on my computer) and now I do not
need to replace the "image".
I guess it was what might be called a linked image (?) and not a jpeg or
similar.
Jeff
Kara the Computer Tutor wrote:
Hi Jeff,
There's also a trick to moving pictures around. I don't have Word
2002, but I have 2003, and I'm sure it's very similar:
1. Click on the new photo you've inserted to highlight it.
2. Look for the picture toolbar somewhere one your screen. If it's not
there, click on View, then Toolbars, then Picture.
3. To the right of the Picture Toolbar is an icon with a little dog
in it. Click on it.
4. Click on either "In Front of Text" or "Behind Text." It doesn't
matter which.
5. Now you should be able to move your picture wherever you want it
to go on your page.
Kara
http://www.karathecomputertutor.com
" wrote:
Using Word 2002 in XP
I hate to ask a stupid question, but is there a way to replace an
existing image in a Word document with a different one? The reason
I as is because when I delete the present one and then insert the
new one, the new image goes into a different location and covers the
text below it, etc. Is there a trick to doing this so the new image
goes where the old one was?
Jeff