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Default Grouping pictures, text boxes, and clip art in Word

Cindy,

Thank you for your reply. I am running Office XP. I have Photoshop CS2.

Two situations come to mind. The first is a picture that needs areas of the
picture to be "highlighted" or explained. I use arrows and/or circles to
draw attention to an item in a picture; then picture details are explained
with a text box on top of the picture. Finally, I need to send this
information by e-mail or a word document to others. Because the subject
might have 50 to 100 pictures, with explanations, a Word document becomes
larger and larger; finally, it becomes unmanageable.

The second situation would be a scanned sheet of paper. This scanned
document could be a hand written letter, or maybe a church marriage log. The
handwriting is difficult to read because of legibility or language. These
documents are original genealogy research documents, government censuses,
newspaper articles, wills, correspondence, ships logs, etc. I scan these
documents with a quality photographic scanner, then digitally translate or
decipher the text on the document. After I evaluate the document and write
my opinions of the text, the document is send to others for their opinions
and critiques.

Many times the added elements separate or move, and their €śreferences€ť are
no longer pointing to the correct location of the picture or they are no
longer associated with the area or discussion.

In general, the 5MB gateway limits of e-mail sizes requires that I keep
these documents of 50 to 100 pictures as small in size as possible. To move
these documents, they must be €śFTPed€ť or burned to CD and mailed. Usually
the recipient cannot handle these documents; so the effort is of little value
to others. Worse, they can not easily add to the effort.